Juniper

One of the best times I had during my time in the park. The pedal back to the shuttle really sucked, but it was worth it. This is the quintessential blue trail. It might even be pushing black in a few spots.

This is a great trail for an intermediate. However, this is a terrible trail for an expert riding a downhill bike off the top of the mountain. Way too many unnecessary tight turns and very slow for a DH bike

This is a fun trail, a pretty classic blue starting to abut black diamond in my opinion.

The climb up Paper Route to get to the very top of Juniper sucks and there is not much return on investment. Upper Juniper is a little gnarlier than Lower Juniper below Timber Ridge, but the climb up Paper Route isn't worth it -- just take Timber Ridge which has some fun parts, and some pedaling parts, but no climbing. Overall the trail has a lot of interesting parts. The first part is standard singletrack with sand, lots of roots, quick sharp turns, little drops into sand pits, rock gardens and boulder dodging. The bridge over Lake Mary Road is my favorite part -- a VERY fun set of steep berms that are fun at speed. Then you can return take the Lakes Basin Path back to the shuttle, or descend into a dark canyon with more rock gardens, steeper drops and a long wooden bridge or two. From here, you are at Eagle Lodge which is convenient end to the day if you live or stay near the lodge, or off the Ski Back Trail down to Snowcreek. Otherwise, it's a lot of pedaling back to the shuttle.

The very bottom can be sketchy because it's very narrow with little room to pull over for faster riders, there are frequently loose dogs from the campground, and it's curvy so it can be difficult to spot slower riders. In the early evening, people also walk on it so temper your expectations. It can be really fun when it's empty, or really frustrating when it's not.