 | Mercer Canyon (Lake Mountain Summit)
Mercer Canyon (Lake Mountain Summit) is a narrow gravel road to the top of 7600-foot Lake Mountain. It's easy technical, but strenuous aerobic. The ride is nothing special, but there's a nice view at the top. |
| There are two variations of this ride: (1) Park off U-68, as below, for a 21.6-mile out-and-back, with 3000 vertical feet of climbing. (2) Follow the riding directions in your car to mile 5.2, then turn left to park on the south end of the open-pit mine, for a 10.6-mile, 2000-vertical ride. |
| Riding notes, starting at highway: 0.0 Start west on dirt road GPS N 40° 10.250' W 111° 56.017' 3.1 Cross Soldier's Pass 3.2 R onto smaller road GPS N 40° 11.968' W 111° 58.184' 3.9 Fork R, N 40° 12.267' W 111° 58.706' 4.9 Keep R, N 40° 12.781' W 111° 57.997' 5.2 Keep R (L = open-pit mine) N 40° 12.958' W 111° 57.766' | (If starting from the mine, head northeast
uphill N 40° 13.149' W 111° 57.692', on ST 0.3 miles to road meet road at 5.7) 5.7 Trail in from mine on L N 40° 13.135' W 111° 57.357' 10.7 Keep L 10.8 Fork R off main road N 40° 16.645' W 111° 56.254' uphill 100 ft, R again, up to view at ridgetop |
 | Getting there:
From the intersection (about 5
miles west of Lehi) where U-73 meets U-68, turn south on U-68. Drive 19
miles south. (Ignore multiple smaller dirt and gravel roads along the
mountain.) As you near the south end of Lake Mountain, watch for a fairly
large gravel road on your right that has a stop sign, GPS N 40° 10.250' W 111°
56.017'. Park here and ride west on the gravel road. Copyright 2004 Mad Scientist Software Inc
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