Sunset Pass–Home Run Trail, 3 sights is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Wasatch Mountain State Park near Brighton, UT. The route reaches Sunset Pass. It climbs 5,576 ft, with sections as steep as 47% grade. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi7,805 – 10,653 ft · steepest grade: 47%14.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Snake Creek Mine Dump Road 40.56923, -111.55423
Nearest town Brighton, UT
Directions
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Sunset Pass–Home Run Trail, 3 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 5,576 ft · 7 hr 5 min
Elevation 7,807–10,654 ft
Out & Back · Wasatch Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Snake Creek Mine Dump Road · 40.56923, -111.55423
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 70°F / low 49° · precip 1% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Transit-accessible: Albion Base stop 158 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Brighton Ridge Run, heading N.
- 0.8 miPass Sunset Pass.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Peak Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Albion Alps Road, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Albion Basin Campground Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Homestake Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Albion Basin Campground Road, heading N.
- 400 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Cecret Lake Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Supreme Bottom Terminal Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Sunset Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Home Run Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Home Run Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Cecret Lake Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Albion Basin Campground Road, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Homestake Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Albion Basin Campground Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Albion Alps Road, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sunset Peak Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Brighton Ridge Run, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
43% dirt57% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 70°F49°
Precip1%Wind13 mphUV7Humidity23%
Rained 0.4″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperature
70°45°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun
68°51°
37%
Mon
63°46°
60%
Tue
69°48°
Wed
72°51°
Thu
72°52°
Fri
69°50°
16%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~158 min). Leave by 4:56 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Albion Base stop 158 m from the trailhead
More from Snake Creek Mine Dump Road Trailhead
- Brighton Ridge Run 6.3 mi · ▲ 2,758 ft
- Brighton Ridge Run 7.4 mi · ▲ 3,233 ft
- Brighton Lakes Viewpoint–Dog Lake, 4 sights 8 mi · ▲ 3,387 ft
- Brighton Ridge Run 8.5 mi · ▲ 3,550 ft
- Big Cottonwood Mine Loop–Moose Tracks Trail, 4 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 3,844 ft
- Catherine Pass–Sunset Pass, 9 sights 13.8 mi · ▲ 5,474 ft
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