Skyridge Peak–Big Dipper, 3 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 864 ft · 3 hr 24 min

Skyridge Peak–Big Dipper, 3 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back near Keetley Junction, UT. The route reaches Skyridge Peak at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It climbs 864 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,605 – 7,372 ft · steepest grade: 19%9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.68175, -111.47081
Nearest town Keetley Junction, UT

Directions

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Skyridge Peak–Big Dipper, 3 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 864 ft · 3 hr 24 min

Elevation 6,604–7,374 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.68175, -111.47081

Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 78°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Park City Parkway, heading S.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  4. 350 ftContinue straight onto Fast Pitch Trail, heading S.
  5. 150 ftTurn left onto Hat Trick Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Quinns Junction Paved Connector, heading SE.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left onto Union Pacific Rail Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.7 miSharp right onto Park City Trail, heading N.
  9. 1.6 miSharp right, heading NE.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 450 ftTurn right onto Skyridge Peak Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miBear right onto Big Dipper, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miSharp right onto Skyridge Peak Trail, heading NW.
  14. 250 ftReach Skyridge Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 300 ftSharp left onto Big Dipper, heading SW.
  16. 0.4 miBear left onto Skyridge Peak Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  18. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 0.6 miSharp left onto Park City Trail, heading NW.
  20. 1.6 miSharp left onto Union Pacific Rail Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.7 miTurn right onto Quinns Junction Paved Connector, heading SW.
  22. 0.5 miTurn left onto Hat Trick Trail, heading NW.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right onto Fast Pitch Trail, heading N.
  24. 500 ftBear right onto Park City Parkway, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

65% dirt28% paved5% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 78°F53°
Precip1%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity34%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:53 PM
Sun 73°50° 43%
Mon 68°46° 49%
Tue 77°45°
Wed 82°51°
Thu 75°55° 20%
Fri 80°54° 21%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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