Park City is known for its breathtaking beauty and outdoor recreational activities. Park City is encompassed with spectacular landscapes and scenery in an environment that is relaxing, peaceful and serene. When spending your summer getaway at Carriage House, you are within minutes of some of the best mountain biking trails that the state of Utah has to offer.
According to Mountain Bike Action Magazine, Deer Valley resort has been rated as one of the ten best mountain biking locations in the United States. There are over fifty miles of panoramic terrain for biking enthusiasts to enjoy with lift-serve mountain biking quickly become one of the most popular summer activities taking place on the Deer Valley Resort each summer. Here bikers take their bikes up the mountain on one of the chairlifts to the area, which is the beginning for some exciting trails with excellent terrain that all bikers can appreciate. For those who want to take things a little easier or who are new to the sport, Deer Valley also offers easier trails such as the paved trail around the lakes at Snow Park, or the McHenry Practice Loop.
Canyons Resort also has an outstanding environment that mountain bikers enjoy. Bikers are able to ride alongside their bikes speeding up to the middle of the mountain on the new and improved Red Pine Gondola. Once there at close to 8,000 feet in elevation, riders get the pleasure to become one with the beautiful mountain landscape that they took in while riding up the gondola. Biking through Canyons Resort leads riders through some of the most beautiful countryside in the nation. Many of the trails through the Canyons Resort are open for personal exploration. However, Canyons now offers a program where trained guides take the lead in the adventure. Canyons Resort has also recently opened its gravity bike park with three different skill-level trails, which offer a variety of thrilling features. This new park brings a greater experience to the mountain bike enthusiasts in the Wasatch Mountains and is quickly becoming an escapade that sets Canyons Resort apart.
Park City Mountain Resort is another excellent location for mountain bikers as it has more than thirty miles of trails just waiting to be explored. The trails through this resort range from easy to advance so it is easy to find something for everyone to enjoy. The two most popular trails on the resort are Steps Trail and Sweeney Switchback. Both are downhill trails that begin at the top of the Pay Day lift. Bikers also enjoy taking the loop around Shadow Lake as they enjoy the beautiful views and landscape that only Park City can provide.
Outside the ski resorts, the hills surrounding Park City offer more than 150 miles of public trails. With eight businesses offering bike rentals, getting a bike and enjoying the beauty of Park City is an easy and relaxing experience. From a scenic stroll to advanced adrenaline-pumping terrain, Park City is a great destination for mountain bikers to find a very pleasurable thrilling experience.
