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| Hiking | 10.59 Miles |
3,772 AEG |
| | Hiking | 10.59 Miles | | | |
| 3,772 ft AEG | | | | |
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| no partners | | This was a hike to the summit of Loafer Mountain (elevation of 10,695 feet and prominence of 2,898 feet). Loafer Mountain is in the southern part of the Wasatch range in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. It is about 12 miles from the town of Payson. The Loafer Mountain TH is on the paved Nebo Scenic Loop.
From the TH I started off on the Loafer Mountain Trail. Note that the Loafer Mountain Trail goes to nearby Santaquin Peak, but to get to Loafer Mountain you have to to leave the Loafer Mountain Trail about 0.6 miles from the Loafer Mountain summit. Once you leave the trail, a use trail goes steeply up to the Loafer Mountain summit.
The first couple of miles of the hike are relatively flat, but mile 3 goes steeply up a slope to get to a ridgeline. There is a bit of up-and-down on the ridgeline, but the grade moderated a bit until I got to a saddle below Loafer Mountain. Not far past the saddle the trail continued to Santaquin Peak, so I left the trail and took a use trail to the summit of Loafer Mountain. The use trail was way to steep to be enjoyable, but I managed to make it to the summit.
Views at the summit were outstanding, so I hung out a bit before returning the way that I came.
I had issues with Route Scout, and wound up having 3 separate files which I edited to create one track. |
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