These trails are found on the northeast side of the Powder Mountain resort area, at an average elevation of 8700 feet. The riding season will be late June through September. The trails are easier-intermediate in difficulty. On this page I discuss Doctor's Dozen, Sunrise, and their connections. The old Hidden Lake Lodge route has been "decommissioned" but is included on my map -- and is mentioned in the trail descriptions -- because some riders are still using it at the time of this writing.

The Doctor's Dozen trail consists of a singletrack and a less-used doubletrack segment. The singletrack section connects the northeast corner of Power Mountain's Brim Trail to Hidden Lake (not the lodge but the lake itself). This singletrack portion is 3.7 miles long. From the lake, a gravel road continues west for 1.3 miles, over a ridge and down to the main Powder Mountain lodge.

On its southeast end, Doctor's Dozen forks northbound away from the counterclockwise Brim Trail loop just 100 feet before the singletrack ends on the doubletrack. Starting at 8550 feet altitude, Doctor's Dozen contours northbound around the eastern side of the mountain, gradually rising to an elevation of 8750 over 1.4 miles. On the east side of the mountain, you're looking into Brown's Hole and the Middle Fork of the Ogden River.

On a saddle area at mile 1.4, Doctor's Dozen crosses an open area to a dirt road then veers off the road to the left. (On the right on this saddle, the Sunrise trail forks to the right. Sunrise meanders further east then returns to the west lower on the slope, running parallel to and just downhill from Doctor's Dozen.)

The trail alternates between meadows, low scrub, and stands of aspen or fir. On the northern slope, there are views that extend past Wellsville Creek Canyon to the mountains in the Logan area.

Then the trail drops through a series of turns and crosses the old bench-cut for the Hidden Lake Lodge trail. Keep straight as you cross. To your right, a few feet down the old Hidden Lake Lodge trail, the Sunrise trail forks away to the left downhill.

Doctor's Dozen continues to twist through multiple turns down to Hidden Lake. You'll drop about 450 vertical feet over 1.3 miles of descent.

Doctor's Dozen continues as a wide dirt road 0.7 miles down to the main Powder Mountain Lodge parking. There's little to recommend here -- when compared to the descent on Brittain's Ribbon -- unless your objective is to get downhill as quickly as possible.

Doctor's Dozen from the downhill end is straight-forward. Go to the left of the main Powder Mountain Lodge. Stay on the doubletrack uphill from the lodge, and then crank on up the dirt road (350 vertical in 0.7 miles). Cross the ridge and descend to the lake. Just past the lake, fork right on singletrack and begin climbing. Stay straight until you hit the Brim Trail, 3.7 miles after joining the singletrack.

If your destination is Sunrise or the Trail Yeah! loop, don't cross the bench-cut, but veer left on the shelf, then drop quickly to the left onto the Sunrise trail.

At mile 2.1, a connector to Sunrise joins from downhill on your left. Keep level and straight.

If your goal is to ride the Trail Yeah! loop, you'll need to get onto Sunrise to make the connection (see the Trail Yeah! trail page ).

If your goal is to get somewhere quickly, keep right onto the Picnic trail. This trail is only 0.2 miles long and mostly flat. Picnic's 0.2 miles bypasses 0.8 miles and 150 vertical feet on the official Sunrise trail.

A left turn here joins Doctor's Dozen heading south, with 1.3 miles to the Brim Loop .