Thorpe Flats Loop via Origin Road
14.3 mi · ▲ 640 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Thorpe Flats Loop via Origin Road is a 14.3-mile loop near Topliff, UT. It climbs 640 ft. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Thorpe Flats Loop via Origin Road
14.3 mi · ▲ 640 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Elevation 5,082–5,546 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 40.22272, -112.21376
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 84°F / low 58° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Thorpe Flats, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach Thorpe Flats, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Origin Road, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 2.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:38 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:58 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:25 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Thorpe Flats 7.7 mi · ▲ 353 ft
- Origin Road 9.4 mi · ▲ 79 ft
- Origin Road Loop 10.9 mi · ▲ 189 ft
- Thorpe Flats 12.1 mi · ▲ 882 ft
- Ten Mile Pass Road 12.4 mi · ▲ 187 ft
- Ohv Road & Seven Mile Pass Loop 14.7 mi · ▲ 1,233 ft
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