Lehi is developing a trail system on the west slope of Traverse Mountain. When complete, it will connect to the trail systems of Draper and Alpine. Construction was started in 2018. At this time, 15 miles are complete, including a connector over to Draper's Corner Canyon trail system.

The Sensei trail starts at the water tank above the Traverse Mountain homes at 5300 feet elevation. The trail offers easy mellow riding and great views over the valley.Navigation to the trailhead is a bit complicated, and at this time involves ongoing subdivision construction on the final bit of road to the trailhead. See the instructions below.

The Sensei trail consists of two segments. The eastern half is 2.7 miles long from the water tank trailhead to the dirt road crossing in Oak Hollow. The Sensei trail continues directly across the road with a 2.3-mile segment that ends near the bottom of the Fox Canyon subdivision. If you're not going to ride the whole thing, I recommend you do the eastern side.

The trail surface is smooth and broad. The eastern side has a pitch that's suitable for kids and beginners. From the water tank, the trail climbs 300 vertical feet over 1.5 miles, reaching a top elevation of 6000 feet. It then descends 250 feet over the next 1.2 miles to reach the Oak Hollow road.

Most of the trail is sun-exposed, passing through grass and low brush. On the north-facing slopes, there are small groves of oak brush. Only rarely is the oak tall enough to provide any shade.

The western side of Sensei should be solid for riding on most days of the winter and early spring. It's more sun-exposed and grassy -- rather than forested -- so it dries quickly. Mo-mentum is a loop option off the western side of Sensei. (The connector trail to Corner Canyon forks off Mo-mentum.)The eastern side has many areas with soft dirt. These spots also tend to be north-facing slopes with trees to shade the trail surface. In most years the eastern half of Sensei won't be ready for rut-free riding until mid to late May, and should be avoided after significant rainstorms. Lolo's Loop is an optional loop off the eastern side of Sensei.

At this time, I recommend riding Sensei as an out-and-back. It's an easy ride, so the 10 miles goes quickly. The out-and-back will have 1200 vertical feet of climbing overall.If you're determined to do a loop, you can combine a bit of gravel road with Vialetto Way (see the GPX track below, 6.4 miles with 900 vertical) or the newer Dialup singletrack. You can also combine Broadband (see map) with the Fox Canyon road to loop the northeast section of Sensei.

The Sensei trail clings to the steep slope of Steep Mountain after it passes across the dirt Oak Hollow road, reaching the ridgeline where you can see the Salt Lake valley to your left and Utah Valley to your right. This western segment is 2.3 miles long, with 100 vertical feet of elevation gain from the road crossing before it descends to lower Fox Canyon westbound.

When riding from the western end, it's 300 vertical feet of altitude gain up to the ridgeline. The initial grade here is significantly steeper than the other portions of Sensei. This section has more rock and gravel than the eastern side, so it's ready to ride earlier in the spring, and relatively unaffected by rains.

The Broadband trail is 1.4 miles long with 500 vertical feet of elevation change. It forks downhill from Sensei at mile 1.2 from the water tank trailhead, connecting to a subdivision road in Fox Canyon.

At this time, the access from city street to trail hasn't been fully developed. But if you know where the trail is, you can use it as a nice climbing access to Sensei from the city. Currently trail runners seem to be the primary users of this section of trail, because it allows a shorter loop.

Dialup connects the eastern Sensei trailhead to Vialetto Way at the top of the dirt road. This would be of interest to those who are connecting the two ends of the trail into a loop ride. It's 0.5 miles long with 120 feet of elevation change.

Mo-mentum is a 2.4-mile alternate higher-elevation line off Sensei. It extends from Sensei in Oak Hollow to the ridgeline just before Sensei descends back to the Fox Canyon Road in the subdivision. It will be popular as a lariat loop ride. The trail is a broad machine-cut with gentle climbing and no technical features.

On the western side, Mo-mentum forks to the north from Sensei as it reaches the ridgeline between Utah and Salt Lake counties. The elevation is 5560 feet. To reach this spot from Sensei's western end, you will have climbed 400 vertical feet over 1.4 miles from Fox Canyon Road.

Mo-mentum climbs eastbound for about 1/2 mile, passing above the Geneva Rock gravel mine. It will gain about 200 vertical feet. When it reaches the ridgeline again, you'll have views of Lone Peak and other mountains of the Wasatch range.

Mo-mentum then begins a long traverse along the hillside. It runs parallel to Sensei, but higher on the mountain.

At the highest point of Mo-mentum, as it crosses the ridgeline, Traverse Traverse forks away. This trail connects to Draper's Corner Canyon system at Ann's Trail .

Mo-mentum then descends into oak and maple forest and crosses Oak Hollow (above the dirt road). It will quickly drop down through a series of tight turns to join eastern Sensei 0.1 mile south of the Oak Hollow dirt road.A very nice 9-mile ride is to start from the water tank trailhead, take Sensei all the way to the western end of Mo-mentum, then lariat around and back to Sensei for the return. Total climbing will be around 900 vertical feet.

This loop is an option off the eastern side of Sensei. Lolo's Loop connects at 0.7 miles and 1.3 miles from the water tank trailhead and is 2.7 miles long. Lolo's has significant elevation change and is a steeper ride than Sensei or Mo-mentum. A lariat ride from the trailhead around the loop and back would be 4.7 miles long with 650 vertical feet of climbing.

Most riders prefer to do this loop in the clockwise direction, because the climb is spread out over a longer distance. The top elevation of 6200 feet comes 1.3 miles from either end. The northern end starts out 100 feet higher, at the highest point of eastern Sensei, with 350 feet of climbing. The southern side puts 450 vertical feet into its 1.3 miles.

The terrain is similar to Sensei. There's a lot of exposed hillside with grass and low scrub, with occasional groves of gambel oak.The trail is broad and smooth, with no technical features. There are some hairpin turns on the slope, which might be a bit much for beginners, so I'm giving this section an intermediate rating overall.

The Traverse Mountain system is now connected to Draper's trail system by a connector across Steep Mountain. The route is 3.4 miles long. See the Traverse Traverse page for more details!

The western side of the connecting singletrack is called Traverse Traverse and forks off Mo-mentum 1/2 mile from its western connection to Sensei, right as it crosses the ridgeline.. It's 2.1 miles long. As the trail crosses the doubletrack on top of Steep Mountain, it becomes Draper's Traverse Connector.

Draper's (eastern) side of Traverse Traverse forks off of western Ann's Trail and is also called Traverse Connector. It's 1.3 miles long. The fork is in Oak Hollow, 0.9 miles from the Ann's Connector trail fork (2 miles from the Maple Hollow trailhead). It winds up the Oak Hollow gulley through around 15 turns, gaining around 300 vertical feet in 0.7 miles, then climbs around the exposed ridge to connect to Traverse Traverse.

The dirt road extends a mile up the canyon after the pavement ends. It has an acceptable grade of 400 vertical per mile. But if you try to reach Draper's trails by heading all the way to the top, you'll be pushing your bike up some really ugly slope as the doubletrack turns into the Steep Canyon trail.Some local riders use the dirt Fox Canyon road as part of a loop ride, combining the doubletrack with half of Sensei and -- if they're riding the eastern side -- joining the ends together via city streets. But the main users will be trail runners.

From the Timpanogos Highway near I-15, turn north onto Triumph Blvd. After 1/4 mile, turn left onto Traverse Mountain Boulevard. Drive around 3/4 mile north, turning right onto Chapel Ridge. At the roundabout, go north (left from the direction you were going) on Morning View Road, then left when you reach Vialetto Way. Just as Vialetto Way is coming to its highest elevation and is curving left, turn right onto newly paved road in a construction area. In around 100 yards, turn left uphill and follow this paved road uphill as far as you can. At the circle at pavement's end, turn left and climb cindered road to the gravel parking area at the water tank.Trailhead undeveloped. Northbound on Traverse Mountain Boulevard, pass by Chapel Ridge and take the next right, which is Fox Canyon Road. Park below the active construction zone and pedal uphill on the paved road until you see the trail on your left. Cross over, jump the curb, and find the end of the trail to proceed uphill on the western limb of Sensei. Alternatively, you can reach the midpoint of the trail if you continue uphill on the road to the dirt road continuing up the canyon. It's around one mile from the base of the singletrack trail on the left (under construction) to the spot where Sensei crosses the Oak Hollow dirt road. Camping: none Water: none Bathrooms: none