| Description: | One of the ultimate epic rides in the Wasatch. Started at the bottom of Big Cottonwood, rode to Little Cottonwood, up LC Pipeline, then the road to Snowbird, and on lift service roads to Hidden Peak. Upper bowl was still snowed in, the snow stayed long this year, so, had to do some walking on the snow. I was already getting tired on top of HP, but, things changed to better after I started descending. I was suprised to see an array of ATVs lined up on top of Hidden Peak. Guess Snowbird is trying anything they can to attract summer visitors. The ATVs already started going up HP from Mineral Basin and it shows on the lift road (erosion). Then a bit down to Mineral Basin and up to Sugarloaf Pass. From here down to Alta, it was wet with occasional snow to about 10000 ft. Had a lunch at the kiosk in Alta and then up Grizzly Gulch to Twin Lakes Pass. It was not as hard as I thought, except for one steep rocky section. Then down to Solitude, first on lift road, then on singletrack - I prefer it this way than to descend to Brighton just on lift roads. Another short rest stop at Solitude and then up the road to Wasatch Crest. There were storms south of BC ridge and east of the Crest. Rode the crest all the way to Millcreek, then down the road and MC Pipeline. The Pipeline was really nice since I met only two people on the whole trail. Finally return to bottom of BC on Wasatch Blvd. |
