3 miles
Distance
1,090 ft
Climb
-298 ft
Descent
00:46:45
Avg time
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GWT (Big Mountain) Details

  • Riding Area
    Wasatch - Big Mountain
    Bountiful, Utah
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
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  • Global Ranking
    #46042 in Mountain Biking

Very steep climbs on large loose cobble with a series of extremely tight switchbacks. The scenery is gorgeous, but the biking is less than ideal. There is also quite a bit of scrub oak leaning into the trail waiting to rip of your derailleur so watch out for that.

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More Stats for GWT (Big Mountain) bike trail
  • Altitude change
    792 ft
  • Altitude min
    7,429 ft
  • Altitude max
    8,347 ft
  • Altitude start
    7,429 ft
  • Altitude end
    8,221 ft
  • Grade
    5.545%
  • Grade max
    -47.141%
  • Grade min
    248.822%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    4,756 ft
  • Distance flat
    618 ft
  • Avg time
    00:46:45
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Status:
on Jun 15, 2017
Very Dry
Avg: 2 (1 votes)

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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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Directions to gwt-big-mountain trailhead (40.828300, -111.654070)
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GWT (Big Mountain) Trail Reports

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Jun 15, 2017 @ 7:41pm
Jun 15, 2017
 Steep loose tight switchbacks from Big Mountain Pass followed by good adventure riding. A few surprisingly steep and slippery snow drifts that we...
Aug 15, 2015 @ 12:13pm
Aug 15, 2015
 Steep and difficult, with loose rocky ground in some places, but still generally a nice ride. Great views.
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Jun 19, 2017 @ 9:24am
Jun 19, 2017
GWT (Big Mountain), Logan

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