Dirt Bike Trails Near Alta, Utah

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Miller Hill

This is a fun and somewhat technical out-and-back trail. It's a nice scenic trail through the pines and aspens with a few camping spots along the trail. Depending on when you go, there are a…
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Total Miles
3.4
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Mary Ellen Gulch

Scenic in-and-out trail with mild technical driving. This beautiful country includes rich vegetation and the trail follows a rocky stream that flows year-round. Watch for huckleberries and wild raspberries along the trail early in the…
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Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Mineral Fork

Mineral Fork gets the designation as the only off-road route open in the Cottonwoods above Salt Lake County. This trail is popular with dirt bikes, ATVs and hikers. Be sure to respect anyone that is…
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Total Miles
4.6
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

American Fork Snake Creek

This trail is a low risk, high pay out trail with lots of jaw dropping views. The trail could honestly be done in a 2WD sedan if you don't explore any of the side trails.…
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Total Miles
16.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Forest Lake Trail

Forest Lake Trail is in the beautiful American Fork Canyon, Utah. This trail runs Southeast on the way up and is not a loop trail. It is recommended to have a higher clearance vehicle but…
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Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Silver Lake Road

This 9-mile out-and-back dirt road from Tibble Fork Reservoir to Silver Lake is beautiful and boasts mountain views. Make sure to bring your paddleboards and/or kayaks to use at either lake. The road is well…
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Total Miles
4.2
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su

Forest Lake (2171)

Forest Lake Trail drops down from the Ridge Trail to Forest Lake. It's a shorter single-track trail that loses ~500 feet of elevation when riding towards Forest Lake. From the lake, you can take forest…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

East Ridge (2038)

The East Ridge Trail connects Ridge Trail to Pot Hollow. This is one of the more difficult trails in the American Fork system. Riding south to north, the trail starts off easy in a wooded…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Pot Hollow (2037)

Pot Hollow trail runs east from East Ridge Trail and terminates at a forest road in Pot Hollow. After this intersection, it's all forest roads, so this is a dead-end for single track. Riding west…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Holman (2039)

From the Tibble Fork parking area, this single-track trail is a more difficult entrance into the American Fork system. It's not ridden as often as the others in the canyon. From the American Fork Snake…
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Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Su

Old Trench Road (2181)

Old Trench Road connects Ridge Trail to Holman Trail. It essentially is a higher elevation bypass to part of Holman and runs west to east. The single-track trail is mostly smooth as it runs across…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Holman Ridge-Cabin Flat (2172)

Holman Ridge connects Mill Canyon and Holman trails. Running south to north, this single-track trail starts at Mill Canyon and climbs upwards. The route is narrow and deep-more of a trench in some areas. There…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Mill Canyon (2040)

Mill Canyon starts near Tibble Fork Reservoir, where it crosses a wooden bridge and runs through a stream. It climbs approximately 1,800 feet up to Ridge Trail. The lower section has several stream crossings which…
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Total Miles
5.4
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Tibble Fork (2041)

From Mill Canyon, this trail runs west and then southeast, climbing about 1,400 feet where it intersects with Ridge Trail. The lower portion running west takes you on a ledge trail through the woods above…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Mud Springs (2173)

The Mud Springs single-track trail starts at Mill Canyon, intersects Tibble Fork, and terminates at Ridge Trail. Between Mill Canyon and Ridge Trail, it's mostly uphill and climbs ~1,300 feet. The Mill Canyon end has…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Su

South Fork Little Deer Creek (2252)

This track connects Ridge Trail to Lame Horse near the Alpine Loop Summit Parking Lot. Starting from Ridge, this wooded trail has great flow when traveling downhill. There are a few root sections mixed in,…
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Total Miles
3.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

Pine Hollow (2047)

This single-track trail connects the Pine Hollow Parking Lot to the Ridge Trail. From the parking lot, it's a steady climb ~1,200 feet to the Ridge Trail. The beginning is very narrow, with brush on…
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Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Salamander Flat (2150)

Salamander Flat is a single-track that runs south from Pine Hollow and ends at the Timpanooke parking lot. Riding away from Pine Hollow, it's a gradual descent to the parking lot. This trail is very…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Bear Canyon (2179)

This single-track route connects the Pine Hollow parking lot to the Timpooneke-Chris' Flat trail. Riding south away from the parking lot, the trail starts with a tight downhill section that puts you across the road…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Ridge Connector (2216)

Ridge Connector is a short single-track trail that runs from Willow Hollow to Ridge Trail. Riding west to east, the trail starts in a field with high grass and transitions to woods after a few…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Willow Hollow (2159)

Willow Hollow begins at the Alpine Loop Summit parking lot and descends to Salamander Flat Trail. This single-track trail is extremely tight and twisty near the parking lot. There are some roots and cut trees…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Timpooneke Road

This is a high-altitude Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest road starting at the back of the Timpooneke Campground and wrapping around the face of the Timpanogos Wilderness Area. It is approximately 19 miles round trip and a…
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Total Miles
8
Tech Rating
4 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Bear Canyon Spur (2178)

Bear Canyon Spur is a short trail that runs between Timpooneke-Chris' Flat and Bear Canyon trails. The trail is narrow and drops downhill as you ride towards Bear Canyon. There are a few smaller, golf…
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Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Timpooneke to Chris' Flat (2151)

This single-track trail connects the Timpanooke parking lot to Timpooneke Forest Road. From the parking lot riding west, the trail climbs to the next intersection with Bear Canyon Spur and features several big rock sections.…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Lame Horse (2055)

Lame Horse runs from the Alpine Loop Summit parking lot to the base of Mount Timpanogos hiking trails. It's a dead end with views of the mountain, but nowhere to go but back towards the…
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Total Miles
3.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Indian Corral

This is a very short feeder road off of the Timpooneke Trail. The start of the road has a gatekeeper set of ruts that will keep out most vehicles not modified for offroad use with…
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Total Miles
0.6
Tech Rating
4 Easy
Best Time
Su

Jeremy Ranch Road

Best for those looking for a scenic route near Park City, this road provides a "back way" into the Jeremy Ranch area as well as backcountry access to Mormon Flats State Park and the Mormon…
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Total Miles
6.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Kyhv Peak

From Provo Canyon the road to Hope Campground is paved. From Hope Campground to Rock Canyon campground the road is easy and relatively smooth dirt. Beyond Rock Canyon Campground the road becomes progressively more rocky…
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Total Miles
23.9
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Druby Canyon Trail

The trail leaves from the campground and winds up the side of the mountain through trees and small streams then along the ridge line for a few miles to a dead end. Part of the…
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Total Miles
5.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su

Bountiful Peak ATV Trails

The Bountiful Peak area is the start of a large system of trails that can take you all the way to Farmington. The Bountiful portion ends at a gorgeous view of Grandview Peak, but you…
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Total Miles
12
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa