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Michigan City Road via Upper Albion Meadows Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near Albion Alps, UT. It climbs 823 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,622 – 8,970 ft · steepest grade: 28%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Home Run Trail 40.58780, -111.62193
Nearest town Albion Alps, UT

Directions

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Michigan City Road via Upper Albion Meadows Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 823 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 8,623–8,972 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Home Run Trail · 40.58780, -111.62193

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Transit-accessible: Albion Base stop 706 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miBear left onto Peruvian Acre Road, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left onto Albion Parking Lot Road, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miSharp left onto Michigan City Road, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miReach Michigan City Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miSharp right onto Twin Lakes Pass Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Albion Parking Lot Road, heading S.
  10. 50 ftSharp right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Peruvian Acre Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miBear right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Albion Base stop 706 m from the trailhead

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