Silver Lake Islet–9K Trail, 5 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Park City, UT. The route reaches Silver Lake Islet at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 542 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi8,770 – 9,115 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Corvair (Upper) 40.60678, -111.51007
Nearest town Park City, UT
Directions
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Silver Lake Islet–9K Trail, 5 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 542 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 8,771–9,114 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Corvair (Upper) · 40.60678, -111.51007
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Corvair (Upper), heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto 9K Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Empire Pass Connector, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Bonanza Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Little Joe Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Culvert Meadow Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bonanza Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Culvert Meadow Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bonanza Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Silver Lake Islet, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Culvert Meadow Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonanza Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Culvert Meadow Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Little Joe Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Culvert Meadow, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Empire Pass Connector, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto 9K Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Corvair (Upper), heading E.
- 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
81% dirt2% gravel17% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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