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Draper DH Trail (Maple Hollow)

The Draper DH trail isn't officially open for business. As of October 2008, it goes all the way down, but the trail is still being worked over. Because the climbing trail that will take riders uphill is still quite a bit short of the top, you'll need a shuttle to haul your bike.

So if you're reading this, chill and enjoy, but don't put the bike on the car just yet.

Typical bermed turn designed for high-velocity, high-G change of direction. Rail it! Trail review by Bruce, September 2008. Photos by September-October, 2008.
This trail is for expert riders. You don't need a DH-specific bike, but you need the skills and brass to take some steep drops and high-G turns. The turns are sloped for aggressive riders. Intermediates will struggle on this trail, because many turns won't let you "mosey on around" -- you've got to rail it.

Yes, there's a B-line to skip most jumps. With good skills, you can enjoy swooping down the trail. You don't have to be a jumper.

Here the trail splits into two bermed turns leading either into a dirt jump (A-line for air-cravers), or a simple drop through the dip and up into a banked turn (B-line for XC types).

The trail starts at the Deer Ridge Drive trailhead (at the west end of the mountaintop Suncrest subdivision) where Deer Ridge Drive meets Elk Glen Drive. It plunges 1000 vertical feet in two miles. Most stunts have an A-line for the hardcore and a B-line for the merely skilled.

As riders fall away from the banked turn above, experts should keep enough speed to gap-jump up onto a higher A-line. Non-jumpers and slower riders will veer onto a lower line.

The step-up in action. Above, leaving the launch. Landing the bike on the higher trail.
In shaded forest areas, the soil gets pretty slimy after a rainstorm. This trail will be highly dangerous when wet. Big tires, aggressive knobs, low center of gravity.

We expect that, like nearby Clarks Trail, this trail will be closed during early spring and late fall when the surface is soft.

This tabletop jump clears 8 feet. Launch the upside, land the downside. If you fall short, there's the tabletop to land on. The B-line (to your right) skirts the jump, but offers a little lip to jump off, if you like.

The trail finishes on Traverse Ridge Road, about midway between two spots where the BST crosses the road. (Eastbound, the trail crosses Mike Wier Drive, not Traverse Ridge Road.) Once the climbing trail to the west is finished, there will probably be a designated path along the side of the road.

Stunts are being added as the trail matures. Here's a rock with a couple of feet of air on the downside.
This trail will continue to evolve. The steep ugly section just below the doubletrack will be replaced. DH-specific trail will also replace the cruise down the lower pipeline path.

If you're interested in contributing to the trail-building effort, there are work parties you can join most Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings. Do a search for "Draper DH" on our forum for information.

This ladder marks the official entry into the DH area. There's wheelie-drop off the ladder, then a whoop-de-doo down a short gulley.

[Temporary notes] DH trail:
Important! This trail is evolving, and WILL change!
THIS TRAIL IS NOT YET OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
0.3   Cross DT
        N40 28.593 W111 51.156
        For now, the trail is the ugly steep thing
        to your left, heading straight down
0.5   R for entry into DH
        N40 28.634 W111 51.343
1.9   R (straight = old Maple Hollow)
2.1   Traverse Ridge Rd, L (alt=R)
        N40 29.081 W111 51.856

After a steep plunge, these two pop-up ramps await. The A-line features a rock ramp for sharper upswing and a higher pop, plus a little gap to clear. The B-line (forground, center) can be rolled by non-jumpers, or launched for distance by moderately experienced jumpers.
Getting there, Deer Ridge trailhead:  From I-15 in Salt Lake City, take the Bluffdale exit and head east on Highland Drive toward the mountains. As you reach the traffic light at the top of the hill, about 3/4 mile after leaving the freeway, turn right on Traverse Ridge Road. Drive about two miles up to the top of the mountain. At the stop sign in Suncrest, turn right on Deer Ridge Drive and go 0.9 miles. Just before the road crosses a bridge, turn right onto Elk Glen Drive and immediately turn left to park at the small picnic area. The Suncrest Loop Trail starts with the cinder path on your left. The Maple Hollow DH trail is straight ahead and veers to the right toward the Salt Lake valley.

Shuttle: About 200 yards down Suncrest Road from the trail's end, there's a pullout on the north side of the road. Leave the shuttle vehicle here.

Oak Hollow (pool) trailhead: Exit I-15 as above and head uphill to the traffic light at the top of the hill. Go straight, then take the next right turn at Vestry Drive in 0.5 mile. Roll around the roundabout to go left, then turn into the pool parking. To start the ride, head back to the roundabout and find the trail on the uphill-southwest side.
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