Utah trails · Uinta Highline
Uinta Highline
A 107.2-mile point-to-point in Utah, with 4,513 ft of climbing. Reaches Porcupine Pass and other lake/pass destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 14,592 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Porcupine Pass (pass)
- Lake Wilde (lake)
- Gabbro Pass (pass)
- Red Knob Pass (pass)
- Anderson Pass (pass)
- Deadman Lake (lake)
- Tungsten Pass (pass)
- Brook Lake (lake)
- Whiterocks Lake (lake)
- Tungsten Lake (lake)
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Getting there
North Elk Park access. About 2 h 01 min drive (44 mi, 20 of them unpaved) from Vernal. 40.77932, -109.80726 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:01 a.m., the sun rises at 7:29 a.m. and sets at 6:40 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:08 p.m. (MDT) — 11 h 11 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 107.2-mile route works out to roughly 41 h 58 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- Queant + Uinta Highline + Queant Spur B Trail — 12.5 mi loop, 2,052 ft gain
- North Leidy Peak + Uinta Highline — 5.0 mi loop, 855 ft gain
- East Fork Whiterocks River Loop + East Fork Whiterocks River + Uinta Highline — 9.2 mi loop, 1,277 ft gain
Nearby trails
- West Fork Whiterocks — 13.4 mi
- Chain Lakes-Atwood — 21.1 mi