| Name: | Loop from Park City to Midway and back | 
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| Description: | I had my monthly massage at Park City and the back was not feeling well enough for a full ride on the dirt, so, I figured I'll try a new loop with some singletrack in the end. From PC I rode to Hwy 40, which is a freeway, and on that to the first exit in Heber Valley - on River Road. Hwy 40 sucks - it has rumble strips spaced about every 50 ft about 3 ft wide from the shoulder towards the driving lanes - I don't know what idiot came up with that design. So, I ended up climbing up 3 ft from the shoulder and about 3 ft from the 70 mph traffic, on the dowhill I went through the rumbles. On the top of that, there was a strong southerly wind so I was not going as fast as I wanted. Then I turned off to River Road, which was OK except for the head wind. Then I turned north up Springer Hollow on the state road that goes to Guardsman Pass and to Park City. This road is mostly gravel, and not very good gravel - somewhat loose. It's also quite steep, definitely steeper than the western Wasatch canyons . So, it was a 3000 vertical ft. of torture, at least there was not much traffic so I did not get dusted much. Finally having made it to the top, I had 45 minutes to descend to PC to catch the massage. So, I went down TG trail and then connected bunch of other ones to get to the road from Deer Valley to PC - I did not have time to go down Scott's trail which I originally planned. In either case, this was the only fun part of this ride, and too short. Bottom line, I am not riding this loop again, it's much easier to just climb up one of the mining roads from PC. | |
| URL: | TopoFusion Home Page | |
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| Total Distance: | 32.45 miles (52.23 km) |
| Total Trip Time: | 3:19:24 (3:09:13 moving time) |
| Total Climbing: | 4789 feet (1460 m) |
| Total Descending: | 4441 feet (1354 m) |
| Average Speed: | 10.29 mph (16.56 kph) |
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