Brass Monkey, Creed, Nirvana, Given to Fly
This trail page discusses the trails on the northwestern corner of the Hidden Canyon area in Eagle Mountain's trail system. The trails described here are intermediate in tech requirement, with a moderate amount of climbing.
The Eagle Mountain trails were first photographed and described by Bruce in 2009, with the latest update March 20, 2026.
Note that a quick description of major Eagle Mountain trails can be found on the Eagle Mountain Overview Page. Full descriptions of area trails are found on pages for the northern Eagle Mountain trails, the Eagle Mountain Race Loop, the Mountain Ranch Bike Park, the Lake Mountain East Ridgeline route, the Hidden Valley Trailhead loops, the Hickman Hill Practice loops, the Treadstone-area (Prayer Flag hill) trails, and the south Eagle Mountain trails.
The paved Hidden Hollow trailhead has a bathroom, water, and room for over 40 vehicles. Westbound on SR-73 from Redwood Road (11600 West) in Lehi or from the Mountain View Corridor, turn left at the stop light onto The Ranches Parkway. At Pony Express Parkway, turn right. The road will veer a bit south (left), then back west (right) as you get one mile from Ranches Parkway. At the traffic light before Hidden Hollow Elementary, turn left and drive uphill 0.3 miles. Turn left into the parking lot.
A doubletrack across the road to the west will take you to the Hickman Hill loops (and to Supersonic, Cracker Jack, and Given-to-Fly southbound, plus Creed and Brass Monkey northbound). Get onto dirt (however you can) then keep to the right as you aim for the valley. Go about a tenth of a mile, and when you see singletrack heading north up the hill, take it. It will quickly branch. To the left are Creed and Brass Monkey. Go to the right (and stay right) to get on the I-15 trail segment eastbound.
On Pony Express Parkway heading west, turn left to the Hidden Canyon road at 1.1 miles from Ranches Parkway. Continue up the paved road until it turns into dirt. Keep generally left and heading southeast at any road forks, staying just below the slope of the hill on your left. When you reach a rockpile followed by a broad open area with several dirt roads forking away at mile 1.3 from Pony Express Parkway, you're there. The northern trails are most easily reached by taking Deer Tracks to Cracker Jack, just up the hill west of the staging area.
Brass Monkey is 0.9 miles long and has around 100 feet of climbing when done in either direction. It requires intermediate riding skill and aerobics.
Creed has a short connector to the climbing trail (Radio Free Europe) of the beginner loops. Creed can be an alternate quicker climbing route for any of the three DH trails of the Hickman Hill loops. It's 0.3 miles from the intersection of I-15 and Creed to the connector.
On the southern end, Creed starts by forking away from Given to Fly just before it reaches a doubletrack at a field of winter wheat in the valley. If you're riding west from the trailhead area, turn left at this unmarked trail fork. After about 100 yards westbound, the trail will turn north, cross the valley, then begin climbing the small hill.
The south end of Creed connects to Brass Monkey and I-15 (to the Hickman Hill flow loops). From this intersection the trail continues southbound across the shallow valley to Given to Fly with connections to Supersonic and Cracker Jack.
Given to Fly is two-directional. It's your access from the paved trailhead to other trails in the shallow valley between the two hills to the west. The trail is 1.4 miles with 350 vertical feet of altitude change. The steep spots make Given to Fly an upper-intermediate trail, although most of the trail is quite easy.
At the bottom, Given to Fly starts at the subdivision edge (west of the paved trailhead) and meanders up the valley. Near its lower origin Given to Fly receives traffic from Supersonic and connects to the bottom of Creed. Further up the valley it provides access to Tower Defense, and receives downhill traffic from Mormon Cricket.
The north (bottom) end of Given to Fly forks away from Supersonic at the edge of the new subdivision. (This area is changing. Stay tuned.) Keep straight here as Supersonic turns left uphill, then cross over the Creed connector heading southwest.
You can reach the top of Given to Fly via upper Nirvana then upper Backspacer. As you approach the prayer flags at the top of Treadstone southbound, veer right (west). After 0.2 miles, keep to the right to leave Nirvana and start Backspacer. (Nirvana and Given to Fly will later cross over.)
At mile 0.2 of Backspacer (0.4 miles from the prayer flags) fork to the right uphill and over the ridge northbound Given to Fly.
Nirvana starts from the highest point of the Treadstone trail and descends to the Pony Express Parkway over 2.2 miles. The elevation loss will be 320 feet (starting from 5300 altitude). Nirvana is also your route to Given to Fly and Backspacer. Although thought of as a descent, Nirvana is also a good climbing route.
The trail starts at the "prayer flag pole." In December 2017, the connection isn't obvious. If you don't see a trail fork, just walk your bike over to the opposite side of the flags and find the trail heading south.
NOTE! Nirvana has been interrupted by a fence in November 2022. The trail has been re-routed, but construction is still pending.
Hickman Hill is a set of quick one-way riding loops, right across from the Hidden Valley trailhead. The riding is suitable for experienced beginners. Younger children may find the amount of climbing beyond their physical ability, but older experienced kids should do fine.
These counterclockwise loops begin with a climb up an easy trail, Radio Free Europe. You can descend via Huey & Louie, RickRoll, or Erasure (which splits at its midpoint into Love2 and HateU. Each lap will be between 0.8 and 1.0 miles with approximately 120 vertical feet of climbing per lap.
Within the Hickman Hill main loop's I-15 is a kiddie-and true-beginner level loop at the bottom called Tears for Fears.
Just behind the paved trailhead is a loop consisting of Old Town Road, Stairway to Heaven, plus The Alchemy and Rock-a-Billy Connector. Within this loop are two downhill-only trails, Headup and Rock Notes that fork away from Stairway to Heaven. This area can be another set of quick loop rides.
Rock-a-Billy
Rock-a-Billy is a north-south route that runs from the Hidden Canyon trail to Cow Tracks (and on to the Rockpile race staging parking area). It's your main link from the trailhead to the rest of the Lake Mountain area trails. Rock-a-Billy is 1.1 miles long, climbing 200 vertical feet from Hidden Canyon to Cow Tracks (riding south). Surface is early-intermediate technical, effort level is easy.
Rock-a-Billy has a connector trail from the Hidden Valley paved trailhead. The connector is found at the southeast corner of parking.
For 0.3 miles in the middle of Rock-a-Billy, the trail splits into a climbing side and a downhill side. Just keep left whichever direction you're going.
This is your route over to the bike park. The Hidden Canyon trail starts just off the paved trail at the Pony Express Parkway north of Hidden Canyon Elementary. It climbs the hill to the area above the Mountain Ranch bike park, connecting to Rock-a-Billy, Ridgeline/Cow Tracks, and Golden Eagle.
You can climb north on Old Town Road or Rock-a-Billy from the trailhead to reach the trail fork for Hidden Canyon.
Length 0.7 miles, climbing 200 vertical feet when done from Hidden Canyon up to the bike park connector trails. Surface upper-intermediate technical, upper-intermediate in aerobic effort.
From the paved bike path along the Pony Express Parkway, there's a new paved trail extending uphill into Hidden Canyon. At this time (June 2022) it's only partially paved, but will provide a connection uphill to the Hickman Hill beginner trails as well as Creed, Brass Monkey, Supersonic, and Given to Fly. For now, it ends on Hidden Valley Parkway just north of the trailhead. I anticipate that a riding path will connect to the trailhead.
