White Pine Lake–White Pine Trail, 3 sights is a 12.6-mile out-and-back near Alta, UT. The route reaches White Pine Lake at the turnaround, 6.3 miles in. It climbs 3,199 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi7,635 – 10,181 ft · steepest grade: 23%13.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Creek Road 40.58145, -111.65422
Nearest town Alta, UT
Directions
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White Pine Lake–White Pine Trail, 3 sights
12.6 mi · ▲ 3,199 ft · 5 hr 48 min
Elevation 7,635–10,179 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Creek Road · 40.58145, -111.65422
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Transit-accessible: Cliff Lodge (Up) stop 234 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Creek Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Creek Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Observation Point Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Creek Road, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear left onto Miner's Road, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Dean's Delight, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto White Pine Trail, heading SW.
- 5 miReach White Pine Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 5 miTurn right onto White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Dean's Delight, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Baby Thunder Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dean's Delight, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Miner's Road, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Creek Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Observation Point Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Dick Bass Highway, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Peruvian Gulch Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Creek Road, heading NE.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Cliff Lodge (Up) stop 234 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Creek Road Trailhead
- Chauner's Loop–Dick Bass Highway Loop, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 485 ft
- Blackjack Road–Chauner's Loop Loop, 5 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 900 ft
- Dean's Delight & White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 550 ft
- Gloria Falls & White Pine-Snowbird Link Trail via White Pine Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,019 ft
- Blackjack Road–Chauner's Loop Loop, 8 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 2,625 ft
- Red Pine Lake–Dean's Delight, 4 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 2,488 ft
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