Pine Cone Ridge - Loop to Shadow Lake
The Pine Cone Ridge trail is an immediate game-changer for higher-altitude Park City riding. It creates a new and simple route from the Midmountain Trail to the southeastern end of the Wasatch Crest Trail . Pine Cone Ridge starts on the Midmountain Trail, 0.6 miles south of the junction with the Armstrong Trail . It ascends 1400 vertical feet in 4 miles for a reasonable climb rate of 350 vertical feet per mile. The trail ends on the Wasatch Crest , exactly at the flat "catch your breath" area atop Puke Hill. At Puke Hill, turn left down the doubletrack, then drop toward Shadow Lake at Scott's Pass . Take Shadow Lake to Keystone to Apex to CMG.
Loop Pine Cone Ridge, Shadow Lake, Keystone, Apex, and CMG
0.0   Leave PCMR parking to North
N40 39.247 W111 30.550
Cross to Three Kings Dr northbound
0.3   L uphill on Crescent N40 39.382 W111 30.813
0.4   R to gravel area, L onto ST
N40 39.401 W111 30.899
0.5   R on Armstrong N40 39.341 W111 30.900
3.7   Keep R at N40 38.898 W111 31.979
(L = HAM)
4.5   Hard L onto Midmountain
N40 39.123 W111 32.280
5.0   R uphill on Pine Cone Ridge
N40 38.822 W111 32.299
9.0   Top of Puke Hill, N40 37.281 W111 33.727
Turn left downhill on DT
9.5   Scott's Pass, L on DT
N40 36.998 W111 33.480

9.8   L onto singletrack Shadow Lake
N40 37.080 W111 33.192
10.6 Keep straight on DT
N40 37.070 W111 32.736
Straight onto Keystone
11.8 Join DT, then L on Apex
N40 37.783 W111 31.866
12.5 L on DT (Thaynes Rd)
N40 38.028 W111 31.774
12.8 Hard R on Crescent Mine Grade
N40 37.817 W111 32.020
13.7 R on Midmountain N40 38.182 W111 31.511
13.8 L on DT 100 feet, then R on CMG
N40 38.254 W111 31.441
16.1 L downhill on DT N40 38.602 W111 30.663
17.0 Back at resort (parking to left)

Getting there: In Park City, follow the signs to Park City Mountain Resort. As you see the first parking area, turn in and park there. Now ride your bike back out onto Silver King Drive, heading west (uphill, toward the mountain, and the way you were heading when you first saw the parking lot). Turn right onto Three Kings. The next left will be Crescent Drive. Turn uphill. Look for some yellow posts on the right, where Crescent Drive turns left. Go R through the posts and find the singletrack on the uphill side. N 40° 39.390' W 111° 30.895' (For the loop ride, your return will be at the south end of the parking lot.)

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