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Mount Baldy–Cecret Lake, 11 sights

10.2 mi · ▲ 4,576 ft · 5 hr 41 min

Mount Baldy–Cecret Lake, 11 sights is a 10.2-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. The route passes Cecret Lake, Sugarloaf Pass, Mount Baldy and Gorilla Pass. It climbs 4,576 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi8,544 – 11,060 ft · steepest grade: 34%11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wildcat Base Trailhead 40.58834, -111.63858
Nearest town Alta, UT
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Mount Baldy–Cecret Lake, 11 sights

10.2 mi · ▲ 4,576 ft · 5 hr 41 min

Elevation 8,545–11,059 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Wildcat Base Trailhead · 40.58834, -111.63858

Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 67°F / low 51° · precip 1% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Transit-accessible: Goldminer's Daughter Lodge stop 90 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Peruvian Acre Road, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miBear right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading S.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miBear left onto Home Run Trail, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 100 ftTurn right onto East Greeley Road, heading SE.
  9. 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.5 miPass Cecret Lake.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftSharp right onto Sugarloaf Pass Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.5 miPass Sugarloaf Pass.
  14. 100 ftTurn right onto East Baldy Traverse, heading SW.
  15. 150 ftTurn left onto Mount Baldy East Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right onto Mount Baldy Southeast Trail, heading W.
  17. 50 ftPass Mount Baldy.
  18. 100 ftBear right onto Mount Baldy North Trail, heading W.
  19. 50 ftSharp left onto Mount Baldy Trail, heading W.
  20. 0.5 miPass Gorilla Pass.
  21. 150 ftContinue straight onto Peruvian Gulch Road, heading SW.
  22. 1 miTurn right onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading SW.
  23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Peruvian Gulch Road, heading NW.
  24. 0.3 miSharp left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miReach Mount Baldy, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  26. 0.1 miSharp right onto Peruvian Gulch Road, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  28. 300 ftContinue straight onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left onto Peruvian Gulch Road, heading SW.
  30. 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
  31. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mount Baldy Trail, heading S.
  32. 0.5 miSharp right onto Mount Baldy North Trail, heading SE.
  33. 50 ftBear left onto Mount Baldy Southeast Trail, heading SE.
  34. 150 ftTurn left onto Mount Baldy East Trail, heading E.
  35. 0.4 miTurn right onto East Baldy Traverse, heading NE.
  36. 150 ftTurn left onto Sugarloaf Pass Trail, heading N.
  37. 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
  38. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  39. 0.6 miTurn right onto East Greeley Road, heading NE.
  40. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  41. 100 ftTurn left onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading N.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading N.
  43. 100 ftBear right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading NW.
  44. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading E.
  45. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading NE.
  46. 0.6 miBear left onto Peruvian Acre Road, heading NW.
  47. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-baldy-cecret-lake-out-back-12-sights

Trail surface

75% dirt25% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 67°F51°
Precip1%Wind13 mphUV7Humidity22%
Rained 0.5″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperature
70°50°
Sunrise 6:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun 66°50°
Mon 59°45° 56%
Tue 66°45°
Wed 69°47°
Thu 69°48°
Fri 65°48° 16%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~137 min). Leave by 5:17 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Goldminer's Daughter Lodge stop 90 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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