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Mid-mountain Mountain Bike Trail
Park City, Utah
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
3 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 8/9/09 by jwoolf |
Difficulty:  Intermediate |
| Length: 20 miles | Global Rank: 325 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Other |
| Ridden: 40 | Wishlist: 16 |
| IMBA Epic Trail |
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Description: Mid Mountain Loop can be summed up in one word, "extraordinary"!! Mid Mountain is an epic ride that begins in Park City and climbs the Spiro Trail, touches very briefly on the Powerline Trail, then makes it's way all the way down to the Canyons Resort! It finishes off on a nice paved bike path, the Farm Trail and the Olympic Trail, back to the trailhead. Mid Mountain is a definitive cross country ride, 24.01 mile loop, with an elevation gain of 3,701'. As I was making the grind up Spiro trail a quote from Garrison Keillor came to me, "Stones and trees speak very slowly. Sometimes it takes a full week before they say one sentence. Few people have the patience to wait for an answer from an oak." I felt I was making this climb so slow that I would have been able to carry on a conversation with an oak!! But as Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, " The years teach what the days never know." And then, heaven, singletrack heaven!! Mid Mountain climbs and drops more then a barn swallow hunting on a late summer afternoon. This is not a ride to be taken lightly, come prepared with extra water and a power bar or two! Vertical Gain: 3,472' 20.64 mile point to point
Description: Mid Mountain Loop can be summed up in one word, "extraordinary"!! Mid Mountain is an epic ride that begins in Park City and climbs the Spiro Trail, touches very briefly on the Powerline Trail, then makes it's way all the way down to the Canyons Resort! It finishes off on a nice paved bike path, the Farm Trail and the Olympic Trail, back to the trailhead. Mid Mountain is a definitive cross country ride, 24.01 mile loop, with an elevation gain of 3,701'. As I was making the grind up Spiro trail a quote from Garrison Keillor came to me, "Stones and trees speak very slowly. Sometimes it takes a full week before they say one sentence. Few people have the patience to wait for an answer from an oak." I felt I was making this climb so slow that I would have been able to carry on a conversation with an oak!! But as Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, " The years teach what the days never know." And then, heaven, singletrack heaven!! Mid Mountain climbs and drops more then a barn swallow hunting on a late summer afternoon. This is not a ride to be taken lightly, come prepared with extra water and a power bar or two! Vertical Gain: 3,472' 20.64 mile point to point
added on September 9, 2004 by 
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by mmountain on July 11, 2009
Awesome trail...I rode it with a Hard-tail Trek that I rented at one of the local bike shops, It was a mildly challenging trail, some steep climbs, and amazingly fun downs...very rewarding when one finishes. I recommend for anyone who really wants a great ride with some technicality.
reviewed by warhank on July 17, 2008
Badass--with a full suspension. I lost aabout three fillings rocking my hardtail through. Also, be advised that this trail is sneaky-taxing. It seems like more than the 1800' elevation gain and 3700' of gain would indicate.
* Review edited 7/17/2008
Similar Trail: Flying Dog, The Crest
reviewed by odogtriever on May 11, 2006
Great epic long scenic ride. Lots of fun, could have been better if more rollercoaster turny sections were designed into the trail. Exept for the switchbacks, mostly strait through the woods. I'll still give it a high rating for length and scenery.
Similar Trail: Ridge ride (great western trail)
Additional Utah Mountain Bike Info
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 | Mountain Biking Utah |  | Mountain Biking Hut to Hut: Telluride to Moab |
 | Moab, Utah: A Travelguide to Slickrock Bike Trail and Mountain Biking Adventures |  | Mountain Biking Moab |
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