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Sunday Saddle–Dick Bass Highway, 6 sights

10.8 mi · ▲ 4,545 ft · 5 hr 52 min

Sunday Saddle–Dick Bass Highway, 6 sights is a 10.8-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. The route reaches Sunday Saddle. It climbs 4,545 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi8,147 – 10,831 ft · steepest grade: 28%12.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Creek Road 40.58145, -111.65422
Nearest town Alta, UT
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Sunday Saddle–Dick Bass Highway, 6 sights

10.8 mi · ▲ 4,545 ft · 5 hr 52 min

Elevation 8,147–10,832 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Creek Road · 40.58145, -111.65422

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:52 PM

Transit-accessible: Cliff Lodge (Up) stop 234 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Creek Road, heading SW.
  2. 450 ftTurn left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftSharp right onto Creek Road, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftBear right onto Mid-Way Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading S.
  7. 350 ftTurn right onto Chauner's Loop, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miSharp left onto Gad Valley Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Gad Valley Road, heading N.
  12. 0.7 miBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Gad Valley Road, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miBear right onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading S.
  15. 150 ftBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading S.
  17. 400 ftTurn right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftSharp left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading SE.
  19. 500 ftBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  20. 100 ftBear left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading S.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading S.
  25. 50 ftSharp right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  26. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sunday Saddle Road, heading NE.
  27. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wildflower Trail, heading S.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunday Saddle Road, heading S.
  29. 0.7 miPass Sunday Saddle.
  30. 250 ftSharp right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading SE.
  31. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  32. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  33. 150 ftTurn left onto Mineral Basin Trail Access Road, heading SE.
  34. 100 ftBear right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading SE.
  35. 50 ftReach Sunday Saddle, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  36. 50 ftBear left onto Mineral Basin Trail Access Road, heading E.
  37. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  38. 100 ftTurn left onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading SE.
  39. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  40. 1.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  41. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunday Saddle Road, heading SW.
  42. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Wildflower Trail, heading NW.
  43. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunday Saddle Road, heading NW.
  44. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading W.
  45. 0.2 miSharp left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading NW.
  46. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  47. 50 ftContinue straight onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading N.
  48. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Mountain Trail, heading N.
  49. 50 ftContinue straight onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading N.
  50. 0.4 miBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading N.
  51. 100 ftBear left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading N.
  52. 0.1 miSharp right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading N.
  53. 50 ftTurn left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading N.
  54. 450 ftTurn right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading N.
  55. 50 ftBear left onto Regulator Johnson Trail, heading N.
  56. 150 ftBear left onto Gad Valley Road, heading N.
  57. 0.4 miBear left onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
  58. 50 ftBear left onto Gad Valley Road, heading NW.
  59. 0.7 miBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading N.
  60. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gad Valley Road, heading N.
  61. 0.1 miSharp right onto Dick Bass Highway, heading NW.
  62. 0.5 miBear right onto Chauner's Loop, heading E.
  63. 50 ftTurn left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading E.
  64. 300 ftBear right onto Mid-Way Trail, heading NE.
  65. 50 ftBear left onto Dick Bass Highway, heading NE.
  66. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading N.
  67. 100 ftSharp left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading N.
  68. 50 ftTurn right onto Creek Road, heading N.
  69. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sunday-saddle-baby-thunder-trail-out-back-7-sights

Trail surface

84% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~105 min). Leave by 5:47 PM for the 7:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Cliff Lodge (Up) stop 234 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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