Mineral Basin Road is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Albion Alps, UT. It climbs 1,459 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi7,881 – 9,341 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pittsburg Lake Trailhead 40.54897, -111.59890
Nearest town Albion Alps, UT
Directions
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Mineral Basin Road
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,459 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Elevation 7,881–9,341 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Pittsburg Lake Trailhead · 40.54897, -111.59890
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pittsburg Lake Trailhead Road, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Mineral Basin Road, heading W.
- 1.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Pittsburg Lake Trailhead Road, heading SE.
- 300 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
3% dirt97% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Pittsburg Lake Trailhead Trailhead
- Pittsburg Lake & Pittsburg Lake Trail 3 mi · ▲ 1,588 ft
- Mineral Basin Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 366 ft
- Dutchman Road & Miller Hill Road via Mary Ellen Gulch Road 4 mi · ▲ 464 ft
- Mineral Basin Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,632 ft
- Mary Ellen Gulch Road 5.8 mi · ▲ 2,172 ft
- Mineral Basin Road 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,931 ft
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