Headlight Pass
This is a low mountain gap in the
Cricket Mountains. It is the easiest way to
access Sevier Lake from the east side.
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1.START-END
EAST:jct Ut278 - Headlight Canyon Rd
2.TOP, Headlight Pass, 5640ft
3.jct between Headlight Canyon route and
Headlight Gap on left
4.profile turns left onto Cricket Route 1
5.START-END WEST: jct Cricket Rte 1 -
Black Rock Pass Rd
6.START-END WEST ALT:low point on Sevier
Lake, on a spur road
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Approaches
From East. The turnoff
from the paved road is signed as going to
Headlight Canyon. It's a barely noticeably climb
towards a lip of rocks to the north. In my case
the most memorable thing have always been the
strong winds. The road crests between two low
ridges running north - south.
From West (described
downwards). Soon after the summit of the
pass, a turnoff to the right leads to higher
points via Headlight Canyon. This route turns west
and heads down towards a view of Sevier Lake. The
lower part has two options, paralleling Sevier
Lake in either direction - that is Cricket 1, the
Shoreline Drive equivalent on Sevier Lake.
Dayride with this point as highest summit
PARTIALLY PAVED / UNPAVED
( < Headlight
Canyon - Filmore Canyon s(u) | Ut130 Cedar
City - Minersville Summit > )
Headlight Pass , Black
Rock Pass : Cricket2, ~350ft below
summit > Cricket1 west > Headlight Pass >
Cricket4 west > Cricket1 south <> out and
back on Black Rock - Garrison Rd west > turn
around at end of a spur to a traffic shed on
Sevier Lake >> Black Rock - Garrison Rd east
> Black Rock Pass > Black Rock > back to
starting point on Cricket2: 43.4miles with 2650ft
of climbing in 4:47hrs (garmin etrex30
m3:22.4.28).
Notes: extremely windy afternoon
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