An Unforgettable Drive to Gold Hill Pass in UT

Gold Hill Pass is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 3.060m (10,039ft) above the sea level, located in Summit County, in the U.S. state of Utah.

Gold Hill Pass

Tucked away in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, the road to the summit is totally unpaved. It’s called Gold Hill Road (FR160). It’s a rough dirt road suitable only to high clearance, low geared 2wd's or to 4wd's.

The road is 12.07km (7.5 miles) long running east-west from Mirror Lake Highway (U-150) to Forest Road 638. Set high in the Uinta Mountains, it’s seasonally closed and opened from mid-May through mid-October. 

 

 

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