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Twin Peaks (east)–Silver Lake Flat, 6 sights is a 15.2-mile out-and-back near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. The route passes Silver Lake Flat and Twin Peaks (east). It climbs 6,608 ft, with sections as steep as 44% grade. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,536 – 11,405 ft · steepest grade: 44%16.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Silver Lake Flat Road 40.50675, -111.65625
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT

Directions

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Twin Peaks (east)–Silver Lake Flat, 6 sights

15.2 mi · ▲ 6,608 ft · 8 hr 22 min

Elevation 7,537–11,404 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Silver Lake Flat Road · 40.50675, -111.65625

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:52 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Silver Lake Flat Road, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Silver Lake Flat.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 500 ftBear left onto Milk Maid Road, heading N.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Major Evans Road, heading N.
  6. 4.9 miPass Twin Peaks (east).
  7. 100 ftBear right onto Twin Peaks Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.6 miSharp right onto Sunday Saddle Road, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wildflower Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mineral Basin Road, heading N.
  11. 300 ftBear left onto Peruvian Tunnel, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  13. 150 ftSharp right onto Peruvian Gulch Road, heading N.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miReach Twin Peaks (east), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto Peruvian Gulch Road, heading N.
  17. 0.7 miSharp left, heading E.
  18. 150 ftBear right onto Peruvian Tunnel, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miBear right onto Mineral Basin Road, heading S.
  20. 350 ftContinue straight onto Wildflower Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sunday Saddle Road, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miSharp left onto Twin Peaks Trail, heading SW.
  23. 0.6 miBear left onto Major Evans Road, heading S.
  24. 1.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  25. 3.6 miContinue straight onto Milk Maid Road, heading N.
  26. 100 ftBear right onto Silver Lake Flat Road, heading N.
  27. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  28. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

31% dirt69% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.0 mi in (~225 min). Leave by 3:47 PM for the 7:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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