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Shuttleable: YES
Land Status: National Forest
Land Manager: uinta-wasatch-cache national forest

Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
15 trails
- E-Bike
1 trails
- Hike
15 trails
- Trail Running
17 trails
- Snowshoe
3 trails
- Downhill Ski
0 trails
- Backcountry Ski
0 trails
- Nordic Ski
0 trails
Region Details
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- 1
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- 3
Region Status
Caution as of Jan 16, 2025Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 16
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 15
- Trails E-Bike
- 1
- Trails Horse
- 1
- Trails Hike
- 17
- Trails Trail Running
- 17
- Trails Snowshoe
- 3
- Total Distance
- 14 miles
- Total Descent
- 2,470 ft
- Total Vertical
- 4,864 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 10,156 ft
- Reports
- 871
- Photos
- 154
- Ridden Counter
- 12,131
Popular Little Cottonwood Canyon Mountain Biking Trails
Little Cottonwood Canyon Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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MidWeekMTB Snowbird 2017 | 8 miles | |
Stage 1 - MidWeekMTB.com MiniEnuro | 2 miles | |
Little Cottonwood Creek Trail to Tanner Flat | 3 miles | |
Adventure Gear Fest - MidWeekMTB Course | 6 miles | |
MidWeekMTB.com Adventure Gear Fest | 5 miles | |
MidWeekMTB - Snowbird 2 race | 5 miles | |
MidWeekMTB - Snowbird race | 5 miles | |
MidWeekMTB.com - Adventure Gear Fest race | 5 miles | |
MidWeekMTB.com - Snowbird A Bit More Up race | 6 miles | |
race | 4 miles |
Photos of Little Cottonwood Canyon Mountain Bike
trail: Little Cottonwood Canyon
102 |
May 16, 2024 @ 7:18pm
May 16, 2024
trail: Baby Thunder to White Pine
54 |
Jun 21, 2023 @ 2:54pm
Jun 21, 2023
trail: Little Cottonwood Canyon
53 |
Jun 11, 2023 @ 2:41pm
Jun 11, 2023
trail: Little Cottonwood Canyon
63 |
May 15, 2023 @ 9:05pm
May 15, 2023
trail: Little Cottonwood Canyon
214 |
May 8, 2023 @ 5:15pm
May 8, 2023
trail: Little Cottonwood Canyon
85 |
Mar 3, 2023 @ 8:11pm
Mar 3, 2023
trail: Little Cottonwood Canyon
50 |
Jan 24, 2023 @ 12:48pm
Jan 24, 2023Videos of Little Cottonwood Canyon Mountain Bike

trail: Little Cottonwood Canyon
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Apr 19, 2024

trail: Little Cottonwood Canyon
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Nov 19, 2023

trail: Baby Thunder (Upper)
0:58 |
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Mar 15, 2015

trail: Twin Lakes Pass, LCC Side
21:55 |
134 |
Aug 3, 2022 , Sandy

trail: Little Cottonwood Canyon
9:50 |
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Jul 30, 2021 , Sandy

trail: Little Cottonwood Canyon
8:31 |
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Jun 28, 2021 , Sandy

trail: Little Cottonwood Canyon
7:04 |
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Mar 28, 2020 , Sandy

trail: Little Cottonwood Canyon
5:15 |
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Oct 19, 2019 , Sandy
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Little Cottonwood Canyon | Jan 16, 2025 @ 6:18pm Jan 16, 2025 | Snow Packed | UtahJohn TRAILFORKS | ||
Grit Mill Trail | Jan 16, 2025 @ 2:14pm Jan 16, 2025 | Snow Covered | UtahJohn TRAILFORKS | ||
Cool Way | Jan 9, 2025 @ 12:42pm Jan 9, 2025 | Snow Packed | UtahJohn TRAILFORKS | ||
Baby Thunder to White Pine | Oct 28, 2024 @ 8:58am Oct 28, 2024 | Ideal | UtahJohn TRAILFORKS | ||
Baby Thunder (Upper) | Oct 2, 2024 @ 10:36am Oct 2, 2024 | Dry | UtahJohn TRAILFORKS | ||
Wp To Bt | Sep 24, 2024 @ 6:11pm Sep 24, 2024 | Ideal | UtahJohn TRAILFORKS | ||
White Pine Connector | Sep 24, 2024 @ 6:10pm Sep 24, 2024 | Dry | UtahJohn TRAILFORKS | ||
South 8 Mile | Sep 14, 2024 @ 7:59pm Sep 14, 2024 | Ideal | Xanderxcl | ||
Dirty Sprint Double Track | Jun 21, 2024 @ 10:20am Jun 21, 2024 | Dry | UtahJohn TRAILFORKS | ||
Quarry Trail, Upper Access | May 15, 2024 @ 12:57am May 15, 2024 | Ideal | UtahJohn TRAILFORKS |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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themormonmafia | ridden | trail | activity #65642983 | Feb 3, 2025 @ 9:22am Feb 3, 2025 |
UtahJohn | add | report | activity #64712666 and 1 more | Jan 16, 2025 @ 6:17pm Jan 16, 2025 |
wisemtnbkr | vote | trail | activity #64438894 | Jan 11, 2025 @ 2:17pm Jan 11, 2025 |
wisemtnbkr | vote | trail | activity #64373874 | Jan 10, 2025 @ 1:43pm Jan 10, 2025 |
UtahJohn | add | report | activity #64242968 | Jan 7, 2025 @ 4:15pm Jan 7, 2025 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | STOP with the e-bikes. I’m not against them... | Aug 20, 2024 @ 12:15pm Aug 20, 2024 | ||
trail | Although it doesn't explicitly say no bikes... | Aug 16, 2024 @ 5:21am Aug 16, 2024 | ||
trail | Short, but awesome little dh section to add... | Aug 5, 2024 @ 6:53am Aug 5, 2024 | ||
trail | Fun trail with lots of rock gardens. I like... | Jul 2, 2024 @ 10:38pm Jul 2, 2024 | ||
trail | Last comment confused me…idk what the... | May 23, 2024 @ 2:00pm May 23, 2024 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
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Bell Canyon | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2.8 km | |
Quail Hollow | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3.3 km | |
Snowbird | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4.4 km | |
Hidden Valley | 1 | 2 | 4.7 km | ||
Dimple Dell | 10 | 4 | 5 km |
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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 | 15 | 14 miles | 2,470 ft | 5 miles | 4,865 ft | #1,493 | #813 | 140 | 866 | 11 | 13,680 | |
E-Bike | 1 | 3,973 ft | 56 ft | 3,973 ft | 56 ft | #3,045 | #720 | 636 | 287 | |||
Horse | 1 | 3 miles | 1,194 ft | 298 | 1 | |||||||
Hike | 15 | 14 miles | 2,470 ft | 5 miles | 4,865 ft | #1,109 | #702 | 14 | 867 | 3 | 1,558 | |
Trail Running | 17 | 14 miles | 2,470 ft | 5 miles | 4,865 ft | #1,112 | #698 | 867 | 4 | 850 | ||
Snowshoe | 3 | 4 miles | 266 ft | 2,940 ft | 2,772 ft | #108 | #66 | 123 | 2 | 70 |
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