 | Mill Canyon Peak Loop The loop around Mill Canyon Peak is a tough ride. It includes some brutal uphill on Ridge 157, and about a mile of extreme steep on the east side of Mill Canyon Peak -- a highly technical challenge to ride downhill. Don't even dream of riding this loop unless you consider yourself a strong and highly skilled rider. If you begin the ride at Tibble Fork Reservoir, you'll climb 3300 vertical feet, with a total ride of 25.6 miles. The North Fork road is 8.3 miles each way, and the singletrack loop is almost exactly 9 miles. If you take the SUV up to Pole Line Pass, your ride will be 9 miles with 1200 vertical of climbing. |
| Ride Notes, counterclockwise*, from Tibble
Fork: 0.0 From parking, straight onto dirt road head up along the river 4.4 Dutchman Flat 5.3 Keep right (straight) for Pole Line Pass (left = Mineral Basin) 8.3 Pole Line Pass. Find singletrack on your right. (if you start downhill on road, backtrack) 8.85 Fork R (L = return trail) 11.4 Forest Lake trail drops off on R, go straight | 12.5 Rock Spring. Fork L just past the spring, uphill 13.1 Crest of hill, trail turns northward 13.3 Begin spooky, ugly, hairy descent 14.1 Keep R at fork 15.4 Keep R at fork 16.7 Keep L (straight - don't descend) 17.4 Back at first fork, keep straight 17.9 Back at Pole Line Pass, turn L on road 25.6 Back at Tibble Fork * Riding this loop clockwise is NOT recommended! |
| Getting there: From I-15, take the Alpine-Highland exit just south of Point-of-the-Mountain. Go east towards the mountains on UT-92 and continue up American Fork Canyon. There's a $6 fee (as of 2009). About 6 miles up the canyon, turn left at the North Fork junction and drive 2 miles to Tibble Fork Reservoir. Park, then ride straight past the outhouse onto the gravel road that up along the river. To ride the loop without the road, drive 8 miles up the rough road to Pole Line Pass, keeping right at the fork at mile 5.3. Copyright 2002 Mad Scientist Software Inc
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