Timpanogos Saddle–Baldy Ridge Trail, 6 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 9,667 ft · 10 hr 6 min
Timpanogos Saddle–Baldy Ridge Trail, 6 sights is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Timpanogos Wilderness near Orem Station, UT. The route reaches Timpanogos Saddle. It climbs 9,667 ft, with sections as steep as 56% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Timpanogos Saddle–Baldy Ridge Trail, 6 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 9,667 ft · 10 hr 6 min
Elevation 5,192–11,740 ft
Out & Back · Mount Timpanogos Wilderness
Trailhead: 40.33998, -111.68353
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 64° · precip 1% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Canberra Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Zig Zag Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Dry Canyon Drive, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 500 ftSharp right onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Big Baldy Trail, heading N.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Everest Ridge, heading S.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.1 miPass Timpanogos Saddle.
- 300 ftBear left onto North Timpanogos Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 1.8 miReach Timpanogos Saddle, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miBear right onto Timpanogos Summit Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Everest Ridge, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Big Baldy Trail, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 500 ftSharp right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Dry Canyon Drive, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Zig Zag Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Canberra Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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 7:35 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:23 PM.
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