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Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
Shuttleable: YES
Land Status: National Forest
Land Manager: uinta-wasatch-cache national forest

Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
10 trails
- E-Bike
4 trails
- Horse
2 trails
- Hike
20 trails
- Trail Running
19 trails
- Dirtbike/Moto
2 trails
- ATV/ORV/OHV
1 trails
- Snowmobile
0 trails
- Snowshoe
5 trails
- Downhill Ski
0 trails
- Backcountry Ski
2 trails
- Nordic Ski
0 trails
Region Details
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 1
Region Status
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- Trails (view details)
- 20
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 10
- Trails E-Bike
- 4
- Trails Horse
- 2
- Trails Hike
- 20
- Trails Trail Running
- 19
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 2
- Trails Observed Trials
- 1
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 1
- Trails Snowshoe
- 5
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 2
- Total Distance
- 32 miles
- Total Descent
- 13,792 ft
- Total Vertical
- 5,643 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 10,206 ft
- Reports
- 421
- Photos
- 251
- Ridden Counter
- 7,957
Popular Big Cottonwood Canyon Mountain Biking Trails
Big Cottonwood Canyon Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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Desolation Ridge | 8 miles | |
Loop crest trail | 20 miles | |
Lake Desolation Mill D North Trail | 8 miles | |
Mill D ~> Desolation Lake ~> Big Water ~> Dog Lake Loop | 14 miles | |
Mill D & Crest | 15 miles | |
Days Fork Trail | 7 miles | |
Mill A Basin Trail | 3 miles | |
Cardiff Fork | 5 miles |
Photos of Big Cottonwood Canyon Mountain Bike
trail: Wasatch Crest (South)
9 |
Sep 25, 2024 @ 6:02am
Sep 25, 2024
trail: Wasatch Crest (South)
11 |
Sep 25, 2024 @ 6:02am
Sep 25, 2024
trail: Desolation
126 |
Aug 8, 2021 @ 6:44am
Aug 8, 2021
trail: Desolation
191 |
Oct 4, 2019 @ 8:31am
Oct 4, 2019
trail: Wasatch Crest (South)
1,316 |
Oct 4, 2016 @ 9:34pm
Oct 4, 2016
trail: Wasatch Crest (South)
784 |
Dec 29, 2014 @ 3:20pm
Dec 29, 2014
trail: Wasatch Crest (South)
1,043 |
Dec 29, 2014 @ 3:20pm
Dec 29, 2014
trail: Wasatch Crest (South)
1,007 |
Dec 29, 2014 @ 3:20pm
Dec 29, 2014Videos of Big Cottonwood Canyon Mountain Bike

trail: Bear Trap Fork
6:57 |
1252 |
Jul 21, 2019

trail: Wasatch Crest (South)
0:00 |
227 |
Oct 4, 2016

trail: Wasatch Crest (South)
0:00 |
81 |
Oct 4, 2016

trail: Wasatch Crest (South)
0:00 |
70 |
Oct 4, 2016

trail: Wasatch Crest (South)
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Oct 4, 2016

trail: Wasatch Crest (South)
0:00 |
36 |
Oct 4, 2016

trail: Wasatch Crest (South)
0:00 |
25 |
Oct 4, 2016

trail: Wasatch Crest (South)
0:00 |
50 |
Oct 4, 2016
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Wasatch Crest (South) | Jun 21, 2025 @ 4:39pm 2 days | Dry | rzrprp | ||
Bear Trap Fork | Jun 21, 2025 @ 4:07pm 2 days | Dry | jmack54 | ||
Desolation | Jun 2, 2025 @ 9:08am Jun 2, 2025 | Variable | Raggmunk | ||
Dog Lake to Desolation | Jun 2, 2025 @ 8:20am Jun 2, 2025 | Ideal | Raggmunk | ||
Dog Lake to Mill D | Jun 2, 2025 @ 8:18am Jun 2, 2025 | Variable | Raggmunk | ||
Mill D North Fork 009 | Jun 2, 2025 @ 8:16am Jun 2, 2025 | Ideal | Raggmunk | ||
Cotton Bottom Connect | May 3, 2025 @ 7:52am May 3, 2025 | Ideal | kyjensen | ||
Days Fork Trail | Aug 25, 2024 @ 9:14pm Aug 25, 2024 | Ideal | BlakeBalkman | ||
Lower Mineral Fork | Jul 24, 2023 @ 9:17pm Jul 24, 2023 | Dry | tysonclay |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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rzrprp | add | report | activity #74302472 | Jun 21, 2025 @ 9:30pm 2 days |
jmack54 | wishlist | trail | activity #74288277 | Jun 21, 2025 @ 4:19pm 2 days |
jmack54 | comment | trail | activity #74287909 | Jun 21, 2025 @ 4:12pm 2 days |
jmack54 | add | report | activity #74287646 | Jun 21, 2025 @ 4:07pm 2 days |
jmack54 | vote | trail | activity #74287561 | Jun 21, 2025 @ 4:06pm 2 days |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | Fun trail! I've had this on my wishlist for... | Jun 21, 2025 @ 4:12pm 2 days | ||
trail | Erosion concerns was the stated reasoning. | Jun 19, 2025 @ 8:48am Jun 19, 2025 | ||
trail | This link is broken now. What was the... | Jun 19, 2025 @ 8:21am Jun 19, 2025 | ||
trail | It's a big club, we ain't in it. USFS is a... | Sep 23, 2024 @ 8:23am Sep 23, 2024 | ||
trail | Thanks for linking that. I like how it was... | Sep 23, 2024 @ 6:48am Sep 23, 2024 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Upper Mill Creek Canyon | 10 | 3 | 3 km | ||
Solitude Mountain Resort - XC Trails | 5 | 2 | 3.6 km | ||
Solitude Bike Park | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3.7 km | |
Snowbird | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4.5 km | |
Brighton Ski Resort | 2 | 1 | 5.6 km |
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 10 | 20 miles | 9,491 ft | 15 miles | 5,643 ft | #712 | #378 | 202 | 414 | 8 | 2,235 | |
E-Bike | 4 | 6 miles | 1,765 ft | 2 miles | 5,643 ft | #3,461 | #822 | 13 | 325 | 93 | ||
Horse | 2 | 3 miles | 220 ft | 1,430 ft | 1,919 ft | #485 | #360 | 123 | 1 | |||
Hike | 20 | 32 miles | 13,793 ft | 20 miles | 5,643 ft | #498 | #312 | 32 | 419 | 13 | 2,252 | |
Trail Running | 19 | 30 miles | 11,306 ft | 18 miles | 5,643 ft | #499 | #308 | 1 | 419 | 13 | 893 | |
Dirtbike/Moto | 2 | 5 miles | 1,749 ft | 2 miles | 3,465 ft | #120 | #85 | 3 | 123 | 6 | ||
Observed Trials | 1 | 2 miles | 1,529 ft | 2 miles | 1,529 ft | |||||||
ATV/ORV/OHV | 1 | 2 miles | 1,529 ft | 2 miles | 1,529 ft | #279 | 122 | |||||
Snowshoe | 5 | 7 miles | 1,762 ft | 3 miles | 1,919 ft | #114 | #71 | 19 | 9 | 39 | ||
Backcountry Ski | 2 | 5 miles | 1,155 ft | 2 miles | 1,890 ft | #11 | #8 | 16 | 1 | 2,156 |
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