Mount Timpanogos Wilderness

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.

Elevation

0 mi5,191 – 11,739 ft · steepest grade: 56%16.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.33998, -111.68353
Nearest town Orem Station, UT

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 400 ftTurn left onto Canberra Trail, heading NW.
  3. 450 ftTurn right onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Zig Zag Trail, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Dry Canyon Drive, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftSharp left onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftSharp right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  10. 500 ftSharp right onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.8 miTurn left onto Big Baldy Trail, heading N.
  12. 1.9 miTurn right onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Everest Ridge, heading S.
  15. 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  16. 1.1 miPass Timpanogos Saddle.
  17. 300 ftBear left onto North Timpanogos Ridge Trail, heading N.
  18. 1.8 miReach Timpanogos Saddle, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 1.8 miBear right onto Timpanogos Summit Trail, heading S.
  20. 1.1 miBear right onto Everest Ridge, heading SE.
  21. 1.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 0.4 miBear right onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Big Baldy Trail, heading W.
  24. 1.9 miTurn right onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading S.
  25. 0.8 miSharp left, heading SW.
  26. 500 ftSharp right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading S.
  27. 50 ftSharp left onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading S.
  28. 50 ftSharp right onto Dry Canyon Drive, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn left onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading S.
  30. 0.3 miTurn right onto Zig Zag Trail, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftBear left onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftTurn left onto Canberra Trail, heading SW.
  33. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  34. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 83°F64°
Feels like80°Precip1%Wind11 mphUV7Humidity18%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat 83°65°
Sun 76°58° 52%
Mon 70°54° 53%
Tue 77°52°
Wed 84°59°
Thu 84°60° 22%

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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