Millvue Peak–Lambs Canyon Pass, 5 sights is a 12.1-mile out-and-back near Lost Acres, UT. The route passes Lambs Canyon Pass before reaching Millvue Peak at the turnaround, 6.1 miles in. It climbs 3,607 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,644 – 8,914 ft · steepest grade: 32%12.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Upper Big Water Trailhead Road 40.68458, -111.64689
Nearest town Lost Acres, UT
Directions
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Millvue Peak–Lambs Canyon Pass, 5 sights
12.1 mi · ▲ 3,607 ft · 5 hr 50 min
Elevation 6,644–8,913 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Upper Big Water Trailhead Road · 40.68458, -111.64689
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Upper Big Water Trailhead Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Big Water Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Lower Big Water Link Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Mid Millcreek Connector, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Mid Millcreek Spur Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mid Millcreek Connector, heading NW.
- 2.9 miContinue straight onto Mount Aire Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lambs Canyon Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miPass Lambs Canyon Pass.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Millvue Peak Trail, heading E.
- 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 SW.
- 2.9 miBear left onto Mid Millcreek Spur Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mid Millcreek Connector, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Lower Big Water Link Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Big Water Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Upper Big Water Trailhead Road, heading S.
- 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 6:57 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.6 mi in (~183 min). Leave by 4:33 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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