9.1 miles
Distance
186 ft
Climb
-2,065 ft
Descent
00:58:10
Avg time
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Upper Spinal Tap Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Pahvant Trail System
    Richfield, Utah
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (2 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
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  • Season
    Jun - Oct
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Drop, Jump, Gap Jump, Rock Garden
  • Local Popularity
    80 in Mountain Biking
  • Year Opened
    2022

Upper Spinal Tap starts gradual but picks up quickly with fast berms, rollers, and jumps. It winds through the aspen and pine trees for about 2.5 miles before crossing the shuttle road. The trail continues with fast berms, rollers, and jumps for another 3 miles through Mahogany and Pinion trees where you will find a cattle guard crossing followed by an ATV trail crossing. The trail gets a little more challenging with 4 technical drop features that will get your blood pumping. A few short gradual climbs will then send you flying down the rest of the trail through sweeping berms and jumps and right into Middle Spinal Tap.

Generally this trail rates intermediate in difficulty and has very few mandatory challenging features.

The trail is located in open grazing lands and there are cattle in the area. You may encounter cattle on the trail. Please be respectful to the cattle and wildlife should you encounter them.

Please be aware that this trail is new and still needs time to settle in. Cattle have left divots along the top 2.5 miles of trail and riders are needed to settle in the damage left by the cattle.

Access Info

Trail is accessed from the CCC road to FR 096. Park near the pit toilet and then head north over the cattle guard. The trail starts just after passing over the cattle guard on the right hand side.

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More Stats for Upper Spinal Tap mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -1,880 ft
  • Altitude min
    7,777 ft
  • Altitude max
    9,674 ft
  • Altitude start
    9,674 ft
  • Altitude end
    7,795 ft
  • Grade
    -3.9%
  • Grade max
    -47.3%
  • Grade min
    15%
  • Distance climb
    1 mile
  • Distance down
    7 miles
  • Distance flat
    1 mile
  • Avg time
    00:58:10
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      Upper Spinal Tap Trail Reports

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      Jan 1, 2025 @ 3:03pm
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      Aug 21, 2024 @ 10:32am
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      Jul 6, 2024 @ 4:06pm
      Jul 6, 2024
      		 Perfect riding conditions throughout, maybe slightly dusty in the sunniest spots if you're a real stickler.
      Jun 21, 2024 @ 6:28pm
      Jun 21, 2024
      		 Clear and dry all the way. Zero mud, zero deadfall.
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      • 26 miles avg distance
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      • Last: Sep 26, 2024

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