Silver Lake–Silver Glance Lake, 6 sights is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. The route passes Silver Lake Flat and Silver Lake before reaching Silver Glance Lake at the turnaround, 4.7 miles in. It climbs 3,237 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,756 – 9,895 ft · steepest grade: 36%9.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.49147, -111.65700
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT
Directions
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Silver Lake–Silver Glance Lake, 6 sights
9.4 mi · ▲ 3,237 ft · 4 hr 45 min
Elevation 6,754–9,896 ft
Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness
Trailhead: 40.49147, -111.65700
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 76°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left onto Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Silver Flat Connector Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miPass Silver Lake Flat.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Silver Lake Flat Road, heading N.
- 2.2 miPass Silver Lake.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Silver Glance Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miPass Silver Glance Lake.
- 300 ftReach Silver Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Silver Lake Trail, heading S.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Silver Flat Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 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
89% dirt11% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 76°F53°
Precip1%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity28%
Rained 0.4″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
75°54°
Sun
69°52°
57%
Mon
62°48°
57%
Tue
72°49°
Wed
78°57°
Thu
76°55°
20%
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 4,089 ft
- Rock Spring–Tibble Fork Reservoir, 9 sights 14.2 mi · ▲ 4,003 ft
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- North Dry Creek Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 15.7 mi · ▲ 6,496 ft
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