9.2 miles
Distance
503 ft
Climb
-502 ft
Descent
01:52:34
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Strawberry Narrows Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Strawberry Reservoir
    Heber City, Utah
  • Ref Number
    #804
  • Difficulty Rating
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (2 votes)
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
  • Global Ranking
    #44133 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    35 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest

Strawberry Narrows:
The Strawberry Narrows Trail is a 12-mile singletrack that skirts the southern edge of the narrow band of water joining Strawberry Reservoir to Soldier Creek Reservoir. It begins at the Aspen Grove Marina on the east end of Soldier Creek and ends at the Renegade Point marina at the southwest corner of Strawberry. Average altitude is 7500 feet.

The ride is done as an out-and-back or a point-to-point with shuttle vehicle. The whole trail as an out-and-back is 24 miles, but shorter rides are possible. You'll climb from the lake surface to 400 feet above (a couple of times), plus rolling up-and-down riding. I'd estimate the total vertical for the round trip at 2600.

The singletrack is narrow with encroaching berry bushes and baby aspen. I got scratched up a little. The trail is intermediate technical, nothing tricky. There's one half-mile section of steep side-slope.
A boat heads west in the narrows ahead of us as the trail rolls through the fir trees on the mountain side.

Few riders will want to do the entire trail. The western end is 4 miles of sage brush (and swamp, depending on the time of year). If you happen to be camped at the west end, fine, ride it. But if you're driving to Strawberry specifically to ride this trail, I suggest you start at the eastern (Soldier Creek) end and turn around at Poison Ridge for a 16 mile out-and-back with 2000 vertical.

The eastern 8 miles of the trail is absolutely beautiful. You'll roll up and down through aspen and fir forest, with frequent breakouts into small meadows overlooking the lake. The trail twists into side canyons and crosses a couple of small creeks.

There are a few very short grunt climbs, but most of the riding is gentle climbing and descending. Views are terrific.

The sun-exposed areas are thick with wildflowers. Even the sagebrush flats had plenty of lupine and sticky geranium. In areas of mixed aspen and fir, wild raspberry bushes and snowberry flank the trail.

The western end of the trail is seriously overgrown with sage and grass -- about as close to "not trail" as a trail can get -- but it should improve in later summer as more people use the trail. About two miles from the west end, the trail disappeared into water three times. In other areas, the trail was merely a linear "thin spot" in the brush, completely grown over by grass. Many eastbound riders will skip the official trailhead and drop in from Big Springs (see directions below).

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More Stats for Strawberry Narrows mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    0 ft
  • Altitude min
    7,600 ft
  • Altitude max
    7,812 ft
  • Altitude start
    7,616 ft
  • Altitude end
    7,618 ft
  • Grade max
    -63.2%
  • Grade min
    19.4%
  • Distance climb
    4 miles
  • Distance down
    4 miles
  • Distance flat
    1 mile
  • Avg time
    01:52:34
  • Avg reverse time
    01:50:53
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      Strawberry Narrows Trail Reports

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      Aug 11, 2024 @ 3:34pm
      Aug 11, 2024
      Trails disappears into water after 8 miles. Worth doing for the views!
      Jun 16, 2024 @ 4:47pm
      Jun 16, 2024
      Underwater! I made it 6 miles hopped over five logs and then the trail disappears in the lake
      May 22, 2024 @ 10:33am
      May 22, 2024
      Lots of snow still and downed trees/deadfall across the trail. Was forced to turn around.
      Jul 18, 2023 @ 12:24pm
      Jul 18, 2023
      No downed trees, a little brushy in some spots but otherwise good to go
      Sep 6, 2021 @ 11:53am
      Sep 6, 2021
      A great trail. Because of time we were only able to do half of it but it was beautiful. Started on the Aspen Grove side. Well worth the time.
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