Sunset Pass–Pole Line Pass, 5 sights is a 13.7-mile out-and-back near Albion Alps, UT. The route passes Pole Line Pass and Sunset Pass. It climbs 4,179 ft, with sections as steep as 44% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi8,875 – 10,562 ft · steepest grade: 44%14.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pole Line Pass East Road 40.53138, -111.57072
Nearest town Albion Alps, UT
Directions
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Sunset Pass–Pole Line Pass, 5 sights
13.7 mi · ▲ 4,179 ft · 6 hr 39 min
Elevation 8,874–10,560 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Pole Line Pass East Road · 40.53138, -111.57072
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:52 PM
Transit-accessible: Peruvian Lodge (Up) stop 192 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pole Line Pass East Road, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Pole Line Pass.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Ant Knolls Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 2.6 miPass Sunset Pass.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Peak Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Albion Alps Road, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Albion Basin Campground Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Homestake Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Albion Basin Campground Road, heading N.
- 400 ftBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Cecret Lake Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Supreme Bottom Terminal Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Upper Albion Meadows Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftReach Sunset Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Cecret Lake Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Albion Basin Campground Road, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Homestake Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Albion Basin Campground Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Albion Alps Road, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sunset Peak Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 2.7 miContinue straight onto Ant Knolls Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Pole Line Pass East Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
85% dirt15% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:52 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.8 mi in (~173 min). Leave by 4:39 PM for the 7:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Peruvian Lodge (Up) stop 192 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Pole Line Pass East Road Trailhead
- Pot Hollow Trail & Ridge Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 600 ft
- Forest Lake & Ridge Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 870 ft
- Pole Line Pass–Ant Knolls Trail, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 552 ft
- Kiln Trail & Ridge Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,833 ft
- Middle Mountain–Pot Hollow, 5 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 2,441 ft
- Rock Spring–Forest Lake, 7 sights 9.6 mi · ▲ 2,423 ft
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