Mount Nebo

From Nebo Loop Road

Hike to North Summit - 11,928'
Middle Summit - 11,824'
South Summit - 11,877'


The Highest peak in the Wasatch

To get to Mount Nebo from Salt Lake City:
Take I-15 south to EXIT 254 Payson. Follow the road signs leading to Nebo Loop Road, I think it's Peteeteneet Road. Follow this road up into the canyon, past the Payson Lakes, until you get to the Nebo Bench Trailhead. If you get to the Nebo Overlook you've gone just a bit too far.

Follow this trail as it meanders through the wilderness, it is mainly downhill and away from the direction to Nebo until it reaches a stream, it then cuts upward and back toward Nebo. From here it is a relaxing stroll through meadows and wildflowers.



Once we got to the base of Nebo we followed another trail that cuts up what I thought was Wolf Pass, the gully that separates Mount Nebo North Summit from North Peak (which is north of the four Nebo Peaks). We followed the trail until it started around a bend directly below the North Summit, but turned back because it looked like it started going down. We went straight up this summit pass, Jared went up a steeper drainage from much lower. From here the torture began, but it was very beautiful wilderness, the smell of wild spearmint was intoxicating.
We stopped to rest just below North Peak at a place filled with ancient seabed fossils. From here it is a clear trail to the summit.

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Sunday, July 29, 2001