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Wasatch Mountain State Park

Lower Phosphate–The Face, 5 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 2,812 ft · 6 hr 38 min

Lower Phosphate–The Face, 5 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Wasatch Mountain State Park near Interlaken, UT. It climbs 2,812 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,096 – 8,504 ft · steepest grade: 21%16.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Donkey Ridge 40.54380, -111.46872
Nearest town Interlaken, UT
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Lower Phosphate–The Face, 5 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 2,812 ft · 6 hr 38 min

Elevation 6,094–8,505 ft

Out & Back · Wasatch Mountain State Park

Trailhead: Donkey Ridge · 40.54380, -111.46872

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:52 PM

  1. Start on Donkey Ridge, heading N.
  2. 500 ftBear left, heading N.
  3. 250 ftTurn left onto The Face, heading W.
  4. 0.9 miBear right onto Phosphate, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lower Phosphate, heading NW.
  6. 0.6 miBear right onto WOW (Wasatch Over Wasatch) Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Nature (WSP) Trail, heading W.
  8. 400 ftTurn left onto Whoa Trail, heading NW.
  9. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Maple Grove Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miSharp right onto WOW (Wasatch Over Wasatch) Trail, heading E.
  11. 3.3 miBear left onto Wowza Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.4 miReach The Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miBear right onto WOW (Wasatch Over Wasatch) Trail, heading SE.
  14. 3.3 miSharp left onto Maple Grove Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Whoa Trail, heading NE.
  16. 1.4 miTurn right onto Nature (WSP) Trail, heading SE.
  17. 400 ftContinue straight onto WOW (Wasatch Over Wasatch) Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto Lower Phosphate, heading S.
  19. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Phosphate, heading SE.
  20. 0.5 miBear left onto The Face, heading N.
  21. 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 250 ftBear right onto Donkey Ridge, heading E.
  23. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lower-phosphate-the-face-out-back-5-sights-25-km-fe95

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:52 PM

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