Sunday Saddle–Dutchman Road, 5 sights is a 12.1-mile out-and-back near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. The route reaches Sunday Saddle. It climbs 4,987 ft, with sections as steep as 42% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi7,589 – 10,735 ft · steepest grade: 42%13.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.52612, -111.60769
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT
Directions
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Sunday Saddle–Dutchman Road, 5 sights
12.1 mi · ▲ 4,987 ft · 6 hr 32 min
Elevation 7,588–10,736 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.52612, -111.60769
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 72°F / low 51° · precip 1% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dutchman Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading W.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Mineral Basin Trail Access Road, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.3 miPass Sunday Saddle.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunday Saddle Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Powder Paradise Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Wildflower Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mineral Basin Road, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left onto Peruvian Tunnel, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Peruvian Gulch Road, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Peruvian Gulch Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Sunday Saddle, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear right, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Peruvian Gulch Road, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Peruvian Tunnel, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Mineral Basin Road, heading NE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Wildflower Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Powder Paradise Trail, heading E.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Sunday Saddle Road, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Mineral Basin Trail Access Road, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.5 miBear left onto Dutchman Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 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
82% dirt18% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 72°F51°
Precip1%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity34%
Rained 0.6″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun
66°47°
59%
Mon
64°43°
59%
Tue
71°44°
Wed
76°51°
Thu
73°54°
20%
Fri
78°52°
20%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.2 mi in (~227 min). Leave by 3:47 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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