Millvue Peak–Lambs Canyon Pass, 4 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back near Lost Acres, UT. The route passes Lambs Canyon Pass before reaching Millvue Peak at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 2,804 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,644 – 8,914 ft · steepest grade: 27%8.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Alexander Basin Trailhead 40.69244, -111.67005
Nearest town Lost Acres, UT
Directions
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Millvue Peak–Lambs Canyon Pass, 4 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 2,804 ft · 4 hr 10 min
Elevation 6,644–8,913 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Alexander Basin Trailhead · 40.69244, -111.67005
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Alexander Basin Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Mid Millcreek Connector, heading NW.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Mount Aire Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lambs Canyon Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miPass Lambs Canyon Pass.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Millvue Peak Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miReach Millvue Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Lambs Canyon Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Mount Aire Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mid Millcreek Connector, heading S.
- 1.9 miSharp left onto Alexander Basin Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive 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 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~138 min). Leave by 5:18 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Alexander Basin Trailhead Trailhead
- Mid Millcreek Connector 2.8 mi · ▲ 493 ft
- Mid Millcreek Connector 3 mi · ▲ 546 ft
- Mid Millcreek Connector 3.9 mi · ▲ 554 ft
- Mid Millcreek Connector 4.3 mi · ▲ 704 ft
- Gobblers Knob & Alexander Basin Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 3,094 ft
- Lower Big Water Link Trail via Mid Millcreek Connector 4.3 mi · ▲ 817 ft
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