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Creek Road

2.5 mi · ▲ 688 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Creek Road is a 2.5-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. It climbs 688 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,750 – 8,393 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Whirley Bird 40.58580, -111.65043
Nearest town Alta, UT
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Creek Road

2.5 mi · ▲ 688 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Elevation 7,749–8,393 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Whirley Bird · 40.58580, -111.65043

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Transit-accessible: Black Jack Lodge (Up) stop 264 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Whirley Bird, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto Creek Road, heading SW.
  3. 450 ftContinue straight onto Chauner's Loop, heading W.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading W.
  5. 450 ftTurn left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftSharp right onto Creek Road, heading S.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading S.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading S.
  9. 100 ftContinue straight onto Observation Point Trail, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Creek Road, heading SW.
  11. 500 ftBear left onto Miner's Road, heading W.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Dean's Delight, heading W.
  13. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading W.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, heading SW.
  16. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Creek Road, heading W.
  18. 450 ftReach Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftTurn left onto Dean's Delight, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading NW.
  24. 0.5 miBear left onto Miner's Road, heading E.
  25. 50 ftBear right onto Creek Road, heading E.
  26. 500 ftBear left onto Observation Point Trail, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading E.
  28. 100 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading E.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading E.
  30. 100 ftSharp left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading NE.
  31. 50 ftTurn right onto Creek Road, heading NE.
  32. 450 ftContinue straight onto Chauner's Loop, heading E.
  33. 150 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading E.
  34. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  35. 350 ftContinue straight onto Whirley Bird, heading E.
  36. 400 ftArrive 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/observation-point-trail-out-back

Trail surface

92% dirt6% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Black Jack Lodge (Up) stop 264 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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