Mount Baldy–Cecret Lake, 6 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Albion Alps, UT. The route passes Cecret Lake and Sugarloaf Pass before reaching Mount Baldy at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 2,114 ft, with sections as steep as 46% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi8,921 – 11,024 ft · steepest grade: 46%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Home Run Trail 40.58780, -111.62193
Nearest town Albion Alps, UT
Directions
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Mount Baldy–Cecret Lake, 6 sights
4.3 mi · ▲ 2,114 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Elevation 8,921–11,024 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Home Run Trail · 40.58780, -111.62193
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Transit-accessible: Albion Base stop 706 m from the trailhead
- Start on Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Home Run Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto East Greeley Road, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miPass Cecret Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Sugarloaf Pass Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miPass Sugarloaf Pass.
- 50 ftTurn right onto East Baldy Traverse, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Mount Baldy East Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Mount Baldy Southeast Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Mount Baldy North Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Mount Baldy, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mount Baldy Southeast Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Mount Baldy East Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto East Baldy Traverse, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sugarloaf Pass Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto East Greeley Road, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive 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 2.1 mi in (~104 min). Leave by 5:52 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Albion Base stop 706 m from the trailhead
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