 | Mud Flats Loop
Willow Creek, Little Cottonwood Creek
This ride is a nice 9.4-mile loop with 4.5 miles of singletrack. The climbing rate is fairly gentle and there's nothing particularly technical. This is a good ride for early-intermediate riders, but will also satisfy more advanced mountain bikers. This is a nice ride with a shady singletrack climb up the canyon along Willow Creek. There's a fast ride along a dirt-road connector, then a singletrack descent down Little Cottonwood Creek to the trailhead. The loop starts at an altitude of 5500 feet, climbing to 6850. Total climbing will be around 1400 feet. |
| Riding notes, counterclockwise loop: 0.0 Start up singletrack at far end of road loop 0.2 Keep R as you pass Maughan Hollow trail N41 46.465 W111 36.507 0.6 Fork L (R = Ricks Canyon) N41 46.328 W111 36.117 2.1 Fork R N41 46.995 W111 34.971 2.5 Keep L (R = Ephraims Cutoff) N41 47.020 W111 34.653 3.5 L on gravel road N41 47.688 W111 34.034 3.8 L on smaller dirt road N41 47.872 W111 33.677 | 4.5 Faint trail crosses road |
 | Getting there: From Logan's main street, turn east towards the mountains on US-89 (4th North). Pass Utah State University and enter Logan Canyon. 8.5 miles from the canyon mouth, turn right to Right Fork Logan Canyon. 0.7 miles later, fork L and the road becomes gravel. 0.6 miles further, just past a large corral, that road loops around a bathroom. The trailhead is at the end of the loop. N41 46.508 W111 36.637. Copyright 2008 Mad Scientist Software Inc
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