This 15,000-acre national forest roadless area in the North Stansburys abuts the popular Deseret Peak Wilderness. Although dropped from wilderness consideration as one of the compromises made to gain passage of the 1984 Utah Wilderness Act, this mountainous roadless unit is the crucial bridge between the wilderness to the south and the BLM North Stansbury Wilderness Study Area on the north. The Stansbury Front Trail, the eastern boundary of the roadless region, is open to bikes and motorcycles, but the mountains themselves are too rugged for wheeled vehicles so they are a de facto roadless area. From the O.P. Miller Campground, which sits astride the Front Trail, hike on up the Forest Service road. About 0.5 mile from the campground, bear right at a Y on the lesser-used road.
Stream crossings are relatively easy, even in spring.
The trail crosses the stream three times, twice as a road and once, later, as a trail. After the last crossing the trail curves around a ridge north of the stream. It then returns to the north side of the drainage to climb steeply to the summit ridge of the mountain range. A cross-country route to the summit ridge is possible. At 7,356 feet, before the trail goes south to North Willow Creek, a direct, steep climb to the ridge keeps you out of the shaded creek canyon.