 | Suncrest Loop Trail The Eagle Crest trail contours the slopes on the southern side of Traverse Mountain. The trail is 2.5 miles long. East to west, there's 300 feet of elevation change with total climbing of 500 feet. The trail can be ridden as an out-and-back, or combined with pavement on Deer Ridge Drive and Suncrest Drive for a 4.5-mile loop. The 10-mile epic loop ride descends from the Deer Ridge trailhead to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and turns east, climbs Clarks Trail then uses a short section of the Corner Canyon-Hog Hollow road to reach the Suncrest Loop Trail, then runs the trail east-to-west. Absolute elevation change is 1200, with a high of 6200. Total climbing is around 1900 (plus whatever it took to get you to the loop). |
| Epic Loop Clockwise, from Suncrest Drive: 0.0 Uphill southwest from sidewalk N40 28.688 W111 49.408 Eagle Crest Trail 0.3 Keep L N40 28.453 W111 49.537 1.3 Parking area, go up road 100 feet N40 28.326 W111 50.167 Find ST on L N40 28.453 W111 49.537 1.4 Ride around small pond, L on DT N40 28.355 W111 50.243 50 feet down, find ST on R N40 28.350 W111 50.260 2.0 Keep R (L = down Maple Hollow) N40 28.395 W111 50.721 2.2 Keep L (R = up to road) N40 28.520 W111 50.823 2.4 R under road, up to Deer Ridge TH 2.5 Find ST trail on L N40 28.537 W111 51.066 Maple Hollow DH trail 2.8 Cross DT N40 28.593 W111 51.156 3.0 Go either way (L = to "drop-in") N40 28.634 W111 51.343 | 4.4 R (straight = old Maple Hollow) 4.7 Traverse Ridge Rd, L (alt=R) N40 29.081 W111 51.856 Find BST, head east Bonneville Shoreline 5.5 Cross Mike Wier N40 29.173 W111 51.657 6.5 Keep uphill (down = Spring Hollow) 7.7 Straight (L = Coyote Hollow) N40 29.572 W111 50.251 Clarks Trail 9.3 Top of Clarks, R on CC road N40 29.314 W111 49.218 DT (May change with development) 9.5 Keep R at Hog Hollow 9.7 Keep R 9.8 Fork L (leave old CC road) N40 28.942 W111 49.573 9.9 Fork R (toward Suncrest) N40 28.868 W111 49.563 10.0 L downhill along Suncrest N40 28.760 W111 49.508 10.1 Cross street to ST on R N40 28.688 W111 49.408 |
 | Getting there, Deer Ridge trailhead:
From I-15
in Salt Lake City, take the Bluffdale exit and head east on Highland Drive
toward the mountains. As you reach the traffic light at the top of the
hill, about 3/4 mile after leaving the freeway, turn right on Traverse
Ridge Road. Drive about two miles up to the top of the mountain. At the
stop sign in Suncrest, turn right on Deer Ridge Drive and go 0.9 miles.
Just before the road crosses a bridge, turn right onto Elk Glen Drive
and
immediately turn left to park at the small picnic area. The Suncrest Loop
Trail starts with the cinder path on your left. The Maple Hollow DH trail
is straight ahead and veers to the right toward the Salt Lake valley. Oak Hollow (pool) trailhead: Exit I-15 as above and head uphill to the traffic light at the top of the hill. Go straight, then take the next right turn at Vestry Drive in 0.5 mile. Roll around the roundabout to go left, then turn into the pool parking. To start the ride, head back to the roundabout and find the trail on the uphill-southwest side. |