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Primrose Overlook & Primrose Overlook Trail via Horse Flat Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Timpanogos Wilderness near Mutual Dell, UT. The route reaches Primrose Overlook at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 1,173 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,691 – 8,780 ft · steepest grade: 27%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Willow Hollow Trail 40.43932, -111.62221
Nearest town Mutual Dell, UT

Directions

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Primrose Overlook & Primrose Overlook Trail via Horse Flat Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 1,173 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Elevation 7,691–8,779 ft

Out & Back · Mount Timpanogos Wilderness

Trailhead: Willow Hollow Trail · 40.43932, -111.62221

Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 71°F / low 51° · precip 1% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Willow Hollow Trail, heading SE.
  2. 2 miBear right onto Primrose Overlook Trail, heading SE.
  3. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miReach Primrose Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 250 ftBear left onto Horse Flat Trail, heading NW.
  7. 1.9 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

ClearTemperature 71°F51°
Precip1%Wind12 mphUV7Humidity24%
Rained 0.3″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat 71°49°
Sun 67°49° 57%
Mon 59°44° 58%
Tue 68°46°
Wed 75°53°
Thu 72°52° 25%

Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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