Cecret Lake

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Difficulty: Easy
Length: 2.5 miles / 4.0 km
Duration: Half day

Family Friendly • Dog Friendly

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Overview: This is a very short 1 mile hike to a beautiful alpine lake in the Albion Basin region near Alta and Snowbird Ski Resorts. This area is very popular on summer weekends so parking may be difficult. Take the time to relax at the lake and take lots of photos of your family with the mountains as a backdrop.

Tips: Directions:
From I-15 in Sandy, UT take exit #298 and head east on Highway 209 for 7 miles to where it joins 210 (Little Cottonwood Canyon Road). At this junction (with a big flashing message sign) drive up Little Cottonwood Canyon for 11 miles to a parking lot on the left side of the road just before the Albion Basin Campground. It is best to arrive early as sometimes the road is closed due to large weekend crowds.

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Trailhead

It is just a short 1 mile from here to the lake. Parking here may be difficult on crowded weekends.

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Cecret/Secret Lake

You have arrived at the alpine lake! This is a protected watershed for Salt Lake City so you shouldn't swim in the lake although you probably won't want to because the water is freezing. Instead, just take lots of photos of the lake and the surrounding peaks... and your family!

Pictures in this guide taken by: Photo by summitcheese @ Flickr, available under a Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License, trs40, blr, Photo by Howard Lewis Ship @ Flickr, available under a Creative Commons ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License, Photo by John Norton @ Flickr, available under a Creative Commons Attribution - 2.0 Generic License

Jonathan Ellinger

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Didnt get a chance to hike the trail. According to the police in Alta...Dogs are not allowed so I would take the "Dog Friendly" off the trail description. I will return to hike the trail soon.
Visited on Jul 21, 2011

by tjwoodd on Jul 23, 2011 at 10:10:40 pm

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