Twelve Mile Pass Road via Origin Road

16 mi · ▲ 498 ft · 5 hr 35 min

Twelve Mile Pass Road via Origin Road is a 16-mile out-and-back near Topliff, UT. It climbs 498 ft. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,145 – 5,328 ft16.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.20194, -112.20073
Nearest town Topliff, UT

Directions

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Twelve Mile Pass Road via Origin Road

16 mi · ▲ 498 ft · 5 hr 35 min

Elevation 5,145–5,328 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.20194, -112.20073

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
  3. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Origin Road, heading S.
  4. 1.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 2.2 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 1 miTurn right onto Twelve Mile Pass Road, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miReach Twelve Mile Pass Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 1 miBear left, heading NW.
  12. 2.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 1.3 miBear left onto Origin Road, heading N.
  15. 2.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  16. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

30% dirt70% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:34 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:54 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:22 PM.

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