North Mountain Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail
12.6 mi · ▲ 4,950 ft · 6 hr 41 min
North Mountain Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 4,950 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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North Mountain Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail
12.6 mi · ▲ 4,950 ft · 6 hr 41 min
Elevation 6,754–9,637 ft
Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness
Trailhead: Granite Flat Connector Trail · 40.48984, -111.65264
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 76°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 6.1 miBear left onto North Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach North Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading N.
- 6.2 miBear left onto Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.9 mi in (~231 min). Leave by 3:45 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Granite Flat Connector Trail Trailhead
- Tibble Fork Reservoir & Granite Flat Connector Trail 1.3 mi · ▲ 293 ft
- Silver Lake Flat via Silver Flat Connector Trail 2 mi · ▲ 773 ft
- Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 7 mi · ▲ 2,875 ft
- Box Elder Peak Trail & White Canyon Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 12.1 mi · ▲ 6,441 ft
- Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail & North Mountain Trail 12.5 mi · ▲ 4,929 ft
- Horsetail Falls & Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 13.2 mi · ▲ 5,371 ft
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