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Mount Timpanogos Wilderness

Red's Summit Trail–Summit Road Loop, 4 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 1,158 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Red's Summit Trail–Summit Road Loop, 4 sights is a 4.2-mile loop in Mount Timpanogos Wilderness near Sundance, UT. It climbs 1,158 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,162 – 7,212 ft · steepest grade: 27%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.38949, -111.57705
Nearest town Sundance, UT
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Red's Summit Trail–Summit Road Loop, 4 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 1,158 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Elevation 6,160–7,212 ft

Loop · Mount Timpanogos Wilderness

Trailhead: 40.38949, -111.57705

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Transit-accessible: Sundance Mountain Resort stop 165 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lower Lift Line, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Sunshine Way, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftSharp left onto Speedtrap, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Switchback Alley, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftSharp right onto Speedtrap, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Switchback Alley, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftTurn left onto Summit Road, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red's Summit Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Black Forest Trail, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Black Forest Trail, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Stewart Falls Upper Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.7 miTurn right onto Stewart Falls - Lower Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  21. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  22. 1 miSharp right onto Lower Lift Line, heading NE.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 0.1 miThe loop closes 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/reds-summit-trail-loop

Trail surface

22% dirt11% gravel67% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Sundance Mountain Resort stop 165 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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