20 Lake Trail Loop is an amazingly beautiful trail in the High Uintas. It has an incredible payoff of lakes & amazing scenery the whole way. There are definitely steep, rocky sections. And the back half of the loop, it is very easy to get off course, so be sure to have a map downloaded, and backup battery. There are so many lakes along the way, and still some wildflowers hanging on. We also saw a long eared owl, buck, hawks & an otter. This is one of our favorites in the area. The parking lot can get very crowded quickly, and if you have to go to the overflow parking, it adds like a mile of road to hike up to. We got to the trailhead about 6:15AM and were able to get a spot. We like to do this hike clockwise & get the harder areas out of the way first. We tracked this at just about 10 miles, but we did also explore around & hike around the lakes. I think AllTrails says it is about 7, but I do not think that is accurate (as per usual haha)
*Photos are from July 31, 2025.
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More info here:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/utah/20-lake-trail-loop
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