Primrose Overlook & Primrose Overlook Trail via Horse Flat Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Mount Timpanogos Wilderness near Mutual Dell, UT. The route reaches Primrose Overlook at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 1,388 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi7,596 – 8,780 ft · steepest grade: 26%5.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.44200, -111.62300
Nearest town Mutual Dell, UT
Directions
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Primrose Overlook & Primrose Overlook Trail via Horse Flat Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 1,388 ft · 2 hr 34 min
Elevation 7,594–8,779 ft
Out & Back · Mount Timpanogos Wilderness
Trailhead: 40.44200, -111.62300
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 71°F / low 51° · precip 1% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ridge Connector Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 2.1 miBear right onto Primrose Overlook Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Primrose Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left onto Horse Flat Trail, heading N.
- 2 miContinue straight onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Ridge Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Island Meadow Trail–Ridge Connector Trail, 3 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 535 ft
- Mud Spring & Ridge Connector Trail via Ridge Trail 3 mi · ▲ 596 ft
- Scout Falls–Ridge Connector Trail, 4 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,230 ft
- Overlook–Lame Horse Trail, 6 sights 6 mi · ▲ 1,451 ft
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