Fruit Loops
Fruit Heights Mountain Bike Trail System
The Fruit Heights trail system lies between the homes of Fruit Heights and the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. It consists of an easier loop on the outside and three downhill flow trails inside that loop. Trail options range from Beginner to High-Expert. The trails are well-engineered and a lot of fun.

The trail system lies at 4900 feet elevation on the foothill slope between Fruit Heights and the steep slopes of Shepherd Peak. In 2019, there are 2.8 miles of trail. The top of the outer loop connects to the lower Bonneville Shoreline Trail for longer rides.
Depending on snowfall and temperatures, the trails may be ready to ride in March. The entire trail surface is sun-exposed and dries quickly.

The Green Loop is a one-way loop 1.7 miles in length with 200 feet of elevation change. It's an easier ride suitable for experienced beginners. The Green Loop is the key to the entire trail system. It encloses the downhill flow trails and provides both access to and return from these trails.

The Green Loop should be ridden clockwise, so you climb the northern side and descend the southern side. The upper (eastern) side of the loop traverses the mountain just below the doubletrack BST and is the access-trail for the downhill flow trails.

On the top side, the loop will join the BST for a very short distance as it skirts a ravine. On the bottom side, it will dump onto a doubletrack for about 150 feet before resuming the singletrack. The navigation for these spots is obvious.

As you pass the entries to the flow trails from north to south, the flow trails get more technical. The northernmost Blue trail would be considered easier-intermediate, while the south Blue trail is upper-intermediate. The southernmost flow trail, designated Black Flow on my map is solid expert-level with a couple of double-black high-expert features.

The northernmost flow trail is an intermediate-level trail 0.3 miles in length. It forks to the right from the Green Loop at 0.1 miles from the doubletrack crossing of the 1080 East access trail.

As you reach the bottom, keep straight as the Green Loop joins you on your left. Then keep right again as you pass the Eastoaks access trail. A loop around the northern Blue Trail is 0.7 miles with 170 feet of climbing.

The southern intermediate trail forks away from the Green Loop 0.2 miles after the temporary merger of the BST and Green Loop. That's 0.4 miles from the 1080 East entry to the loop. It's significantly more technical than the northern Blue trail.
The southern Blue trail is 0.5 miles long -- but with a shortcut option that would cut it to 0.4 -- with 200 feet of elevation change.

As you approach a big rock on the left side of the trail at mile 0.35, an alternate line rolls up and over the rock. It's not as hairy as it looks as long as you keep the bike rolling. This rejoins the main trail, but then hooks to the right to join the Green Loop. This spot can be a bit confusing, as there are no signs here in March 2019.

Meantime, the main Blue trail heads south and dumps onto the end of the Black trail as it joins the Green Loop. Keep right as it joins the Black flow trail, and right again as it reaches the Green Loop.

A loop around the full Blue trail would be 1.5 miles with 200 feet of climbing.

The Black Flow trail forks to the right from the Green Loop about 100 yards past the fork for the southern Blue Trail (0.45 miles from the 1080 East entry). It's 0.4 miles long with 200 feet of elevation change.

Most of the technical features on this trail can be rolled by a competent intermediate rider. But (March 2019) there are two drop-offs that can't be rolled, true do-or-die drops.
The first isn't a big deal. It's about 2 feet and any expert rider should be able to take this one. The second, at mile 0.2, is preceded by a trail fork. To the right, you'll rocket off a rock for a vertical drop of between 8 and 15 feet depending on your speed. The left fork is a none-too-easy cheater route around the rock.

A loop using the Black trail would be 1.4 miles with 200 feet of climbing.

Bottom Line!
Very nicely built trails, fun to ride for all ability levels. Not a lot of mileage, but to hit all the downhill routes, you're looking at around 6 miles and 800 feet of climbing. It could use a few more signs to tell you where you are on the lower half, for example the spot at the bottom of the southern Blue Trail with the rock rollover and hook connector.
Highly recommend this trail system.

Getting there:
From I-15 near Farmington, turn onto US-89 northbound. In 1/2 mile, take the Main Street Fruit Heights exit. After turning right onto Main Street, immediately turn left onto Mountain Road. Drive northbound around a mile, then spot Eastoaks Drive on your right and follow Eastoaks all the way up to a T intersection with 1080 East. Turn right.
Eastoaks:  If you plan to start at the Eastoaks access trail near the flood basin, after turning right onto 1080 east, turn quickly right again as Eastoaks descends to a parking circle.
BST/1080 East parking: After turning onto 1080 East, continue straight to the end of the pavement. You can do a U-turn and park on the uphill side of the street, then head for the ride-around to the right of the gate. Or you can head steeply uphill and slightly left to the BST parking area -- and backtrack downhill to the gate. (There's no direct connector trail from BST parking in March 2019.)

Alternate (Bella Vista BST) access: When exiting US-89 onto Main Street, go to the right and drive around 1/3 mile to turn left on 1400 North. At a T intersection, turn right on Compton Road. Take the next left, which is Grandview Drive. At another T intersection, turn left on Bella Vista and follow it to the end. Park on the uphill side and begin riding the doubletrack Bonneville Shoreline trail. You'll reach the Green loop in 1/3 mile, on your left. Turn 180 degrees onto the trail so you're riding clockwise.