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Mill F East Fork Trail–Old Stage Crest Connect, 3 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Brighton, UT. It climbs 1,721 ft, with sections as steep as 42% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi8,957 – 9,827 ft · steepest grade: 42%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Jupiter Peak 40.60828, -111.55582
Nearest town Brighton, UT

Directions

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Mill F East Fork Trail–Old Stage Crest Connect, 3 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 1,721 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Elevation 8,956–9,827 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Jupiter Peak · 40.60828, -111.55582

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

No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on Scott's Bypass, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miSharp left onto Wasatch Crest Connect, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Crest Connect, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Road, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Rogue Rider Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miBear right onto Mill F East Fork Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rogue Rider Trail, heading SE.
  8. 350 ftReach Scott's Bypass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 400 ftContinue straight onto Mill F East Fork Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miBear left onto Rogue Rider Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Mill F East Fork Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Crest Connect, heading W.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wasatch Crest Connect, heading N.
  14. 0.7 miSharp right onto Scott's Bypass, heading NE.
  15. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

76% dirt24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:25 PM for the 7:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Toilets at the trailhead

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