Salt Lake City: Grandview Peak
This 8.5-mile out-and-back with an off-trail bonus traverses grassy ridgelines to a rocky summit overlooking the Wasatch Front.
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-Mapped by Mike Trottier
Trail Facts
- Distance: 13.6
Waypoints
GVP001
Location: 40.880711, -111.764809
Pass through log gateway; head south on the Great Western Trail, a 4,455-mile trail system running from Canada to Mexico
GVP002
Location: 40.879435, -111.765107
Begin steady ascent up switchbacks through pockets of pine forest and aspen groves
GVP003
Location: 40.87606, -111.766706
Bear left @ fork; steep climb on path that snakes to the south toward Sessions Mtns. ridgetop
GVP004
Location: 40.873009, -111.7659
Leave forest behind; gradual descent east on grassy ridgeline that divides Morgan and Davis Counties
GVP005
Location: 40.872442, -111.757607
Continue heading east; climb through scrub oak and pine; layers of rolling ridges fade into the distance to the south and east
GVP006
Location: 40.870918, -111.752197
Wind along open, grassy ridgeline; trail curves to the east, then swings southeast
GVP007
Location: 40.86897, -111.745033
Path traverses the Sessions’ southwest face
GVP008
Location: 40.86121, -111.740196
Turn right at mile 3.1 and leave the Great Western Trail; head west for off-trail ridgeline climb
GVP009
Location: 40.860279, -111.746803
Follow curved ridgeline to the southwest toward Grandview’s rounded peak. In .5 mi., begin steep, rocky summit ascent
GVP010
Location: 40.851694, -111.752318
Sign logbook in the mailbox on rocky summit (9,410 ft.). Look south for Mt. Timpanogos, Lone Peak, and Little Matterhorn, some of the highest peaks in the Wasatch Range; Salt Lake Valley stretches to the southwest. Return to car
Distant Ridgelines
Location: 40.880129, -111.764994
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Views from the Great Western Trail
Location: 40.876659, -111.766853
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Trail Views
Location: 40.871209, -111.750848
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Views to the West
Location: 40.87129, -111.750398
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Sessions Mountains Traverse
Location: 40.868538, -111.744728
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Grandview Peak
Location: 40.851849, -111.752289
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Grandview Peak
Location: 40.85178, -111.752243
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The Wasatch Front
Location: 40.851694, -111.752205
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