Thorpe Flats Loop

4 mi · ▲ 141 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Thorpe Flats Loop is a 4-mile loop near Topliff, UT. It is mostly level, with 141 ft of elevation gain. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,246 – 5,417 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.23104, -112.18145
Nearest town Topliff, UT

Directions

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Thorpe Flats Loop

4 mi · ▲ 141 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 5,247–5,418 ft

Loop

Trailhead: 40.23104, -112.18145

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 1 miSharp left onto Thorpe Flats, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
  7. 1 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 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.

Trail surface

19% gravel17% dirt64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:37 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:25 PM.

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