Peruvian Gulch Trail & White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail via Creek Road is a 3.2-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. It climbs 925 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 mi7,638 – 8,573 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: White Pine Trail 40.57465, -111.68073
Nearest town Alta, UT
Directions
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Peruvian Gulch Trail & White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail via Creek Road
3.2 mi · ▲ 925 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 7,637–8,572 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: White Pine Trail · 40.57465, -111.68073
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 71°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Dean's Delight, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Miner's Road, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Creek Road, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear left onto Observation Point Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Observation Point Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Miner's Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Dean's Delight, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 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
99% dirt1% paved
Weather
ClearTemperature 71°F53°
Precip1%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity31%
Rained 0.6″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
71°51°
Sun
65°49°
52%
Mon
56°46°
61%
Tue
68°44°
Wed
75°54°
Thu
73°53°
27%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~53 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from White Pine Trail Trailhead
- Red Pine Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,329 ft
- Hidden Peak–Peruvian Gulch Viewpoint, 7 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 3,313 ft
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