Sombeech
05-14-2006, 09:56 PM
First of all, I've got to thank some of the boys over at UtahMountainBiking (http://www.utahmountainbiking.com/UMBphpBB2/index.php) for this one. Thanks to tlbennion for the recommendation, and Bruce for the directions.
This was a quick little trail that I'll be hitting again. Let me quote Bruce on some notes:
This a fun ride with great slickrock, but it's little known. Chances are, you won't see another biker there, even on weekends.... Watch carefully for stacked rocks and old painted dashes on the rock. The trail can be a bit hard to follow the first time. In general, remember you're climbing to the top of the slickrock and heading east into the rising sun.
This trail was a little difficult to find at first. There has been quite a bit of new home construction in the past few years, so I was a little lost on where exactly to start. At first, I had a little trouble finding Heritage Park, and then I couldn't find the water tower, only to be later staring at it on top of the hill.
Here is UMB's map, which is still credible. If you want to skip some pavement pounding, you can try to find a place right near the water tower for parking. I would say from the water tower, out and back, it's around 5 miles. I can't give an accurate distance, because I goofed finding the right trail. (my wife dropped me off also, so parking wasn't an issue)
http://www.utahmountainbiking.com/trails/pics/m-church.gif
I made the mistake of going BETWEEN the tower and the freeway. This caused a nasty hang up on the barb wire fence! (that was a nice site for the motorists to see) :doh: Climb up to the tower, take a left, and go down the dirt road around it. This will lead you to the drain pipe.
Here's a cool little video on how long this drain pipe is:
http://uutah.com/forum/files/mvi_1375_0001__custom_.jpg (http://uutah.com/forum/download.php?id=5341)
OK, enough blabbin'! Let's get on with the pictures. Be sure to read the captions above each pic for more instructions.
This was a quick little trail that I'll be hitting again. Let me quote Bruce on some notes:
This a fun ride with great slickrock, but it's little known. Chances are, you won't see another biker there, even on weekends.... Watch carefully for stacked rocks and old painted dashes on the rock. The trail can be a bit hard to follow the first time. In general, remember you're climbing to the top of the slickrock and heading east into the rising sun.
This trail was a little difficult to find at first. There has been quite a bit of new home construction in the past few years, so I was a little lost on where exactly to start. At first, I had a little trouble finding Heritage Park, and then I couldn't find the water tower, only to be later staring at it on top of the hill.
Here is UMB's map, which is still credible. If you want to skip some pavement pounding, you can try to find a place right near the water tower for parking. I would say from the water tower, out and back, it's around 5 miles. I can't give an accurate distance, because I goofed finding the right trail. (my wife dropped me off also, so parking wasn't an issue)
http://www.utahmountainbiking.com/trails/pics/m-church.gif
I made the mistake of going BETWEEN the tower and the freeway. This caused a nasty hang up on the barb wire fence! (that was a nice site for the motorists to see) :doh: Climb up to the tower, take a left, and go down the dirt road around it. This will lead you to the drain pipe.
Here's a cool little video on how long this drain pipe is:
http://uutah.com/forum/files/mvi_1375_0001__custom_.jpg (http://uutah.com/forum/download.php?id=5341)
OK, enough blabbin'! Let's get on with the pictures. Be sure to read the captions above each pic for more instructions.