Little East Fork Blacks Fork
- 3.0 mi
- round trip
- 296 ft
- climb
- 9,689 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- May–Sep
- best months
Is Little East Fork Blacks Fork open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Little East Fork Blacks Fork is an easy hike in the Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah, managed by the Forest Service. The trail is about 3 miles long, with a one-way climb of about 300 feet from a low point of roughly 9,400 feet to a high of about 9,700 feet. The nearest town is the Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area, about 14 miles away. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from the nearby Moon Lake weather station show July and August highs around 77°F with lows near 48°F, and the trail sits higher than that station, so expect it to run a little cooler. The trail is on natural surface and allows horses. It is not an accessible trail. East Fork Blacks Fork Campground and the East Fork Blacks Fork hike both lie about 1.2 miles away. Little Lyman Lake and Lyman Lake are within about 6 miles.
Best time to go · May–Sep
Best time to visit Little East Fork Blacks Fork
Best months: May–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
31° / 7°
Feb
34° / 12°
Mar
41° / 18°
Apr
49° / 24°
May
59° / 33°
Jun
69° / 40°
Jul
77° / 48°
Aug
77° / 49°
Sep
67° / 41°
Oct
55° / 31°
Nov
40° / 22°
Dec
31° / 11°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Moon Lake, UT, 21.3 mi away at 8,125 ft. The station sits about 1,600 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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