Name: Silver Lake Loop
Rating: 4.7

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Features Fall Colors · Lake · Views · Wildlife

Family Friendly Short, great views, very easy, and accessible.

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Very easy yet beautiful trail. Mostly a boardwalk, which makes for easy hiking and a short stint through the woods. Total trail is less than a mile circling around the lake with beautiful views. Very accessible to a wide range of individuals.

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Hiking Project Staff with improvements by Nate Swart

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Trail Ratings

4.7 from 9 votes

#2

in Brighton Ski Resort

#1083

Overall

4.7 from 9 votes

5 Star		78%
4 Star		11%
3 Star		11%
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Trail Rankings

#2

in Brighton Ski Resort

#77

in Utah

#1,083

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3,516 Since Feb 2, 2016

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Crystal clear lake & beautiful mountains.

Aug 27, 2019 near Alta, UT

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Sep 24, 2022

Dirk Stugg

Jul 5, 2022

Scott Teigen

Spotted a bald eagle on Fourth of July

Aug 14, 2021

Cara Fonokalafi

Super fun when you have little kids. Not very difficult and lots of fun wildlife. 0.9mi

Aug 8, 2021

Private User

May 31, 2021

Ivan Vo

Oct 4, 2019

Chad Englehardt

Aug 23, 2019

Nate Swart

0.9mi — 0h 16m

Aug 11, 2019

Craig Armstrong

2 Stellar's Jays, one mimicking a hawk. Nuthatches. 0.9mi

Jul 6, 2019

Jake Westover

Oct 7, 2018

Enrique Sandoval

Sep 19, 2018

Neil Pickers

Dec 3, 2017

Julia Vawdrey

Sep 3, 2017

Charles Tracy

Saw a moose!

Jun 28, 2017

Ray Smith

Jan 7, 2017

Kirsti Kallinen

Aug 12, 2016

Aubrey HAdler

Took the little man up here for our first family hike at 1 month old.

Jun 6, 2016

Emily Marie

0.9mi

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