Canyon Creek, Moose Hollow, The Avenues

In close proximity to the 24-7 trailhead is the trailhead for a small trail system, that for the day Dad and I rode included Canyon Creek, Moose Hollow, and The Avenues (the trailhead is actually just shortly up the road from it going the opposite direction). These three trails are relatively short (done as an out and back all three trails were only about 6 miles round trip, with Moose Hollow likely the shortest at somewhere under a mile, and the other two likely just over a mile).

Canyon Creek is a fairly stiff climb that requires good strength and conditioning. Right from the outset it is a stiff climb, and it is fairly brutal through most of the trail.

At the end of Canyon Creek you jump out onto a neighborhood street, and across the street you find the trailhead for Moose Hollow. Moose Hollow is pretty short, requires a fair amount of climbing, some of which is pretty stiff but not as bad as Canyon Creek. There were quite a few muddy spots (pictured above was one spot - no pictures from Canyon Creek as I didn't particularly love that part, and the last went by too quick to snap pictures), some of which you had to hike your bike through.

Ending Moose Hollow you will find yourself on a paved mountain road, and heading down that road you will find the trailhead for the creatively named Switchback Trail, which was too muddy to even think about riding, and then a little ways further you find a pleasant, albeit short, trail called The Avenues. This is a real fun trail, very pretty, and very short. It connects with the Switchback Trail about a half mile before the trail just ends. Great trail, highly recommend.

Flying Dog

Riding a trail with a name like this makes you kind of feel like you should be letting your tongue hang out as the wind whips your face and have long ears flapping behind you. However, this should be no deterrent for what was an incredibly fun and beautiful trail.

As noticed by the pictures I rode this with my dad and brother-in-laws, all extremely good men and great riders. We were taking a sort of mini-vacation up in Park City and this was the highlight trail of the trip.

Including 24-7 I believe we did about 9 miles as an out and back, although we were only about a half mile from hitting the Preserve Connector to make it an approximate 10 mile loop. There are other options to make this trail a 16 mile or even 23 mile loop. It has a fair mix of climbing and descent, nothing overly technical or overly strenuous to climb. We did hit a few mud spots, being earlyish/middleish June.

There's a beaver dam that you ride by on the trail that is pretty cool, and some of the other riders told me that there was a moose up there as well. It seems to be a pretty popular trail with a good handful of riders on a Friday afternoon/evening.

24-7

24-7 starts at Jeremy Ranch and rides along the hillside until it connects with Flying Dog (at least for us - I believe it actually keeps going along and becomes part of Stealth). Most of the ride is out in the open (I'm sure it gets awful hot in the middle of the summer) and has a great view out toward Park City.

The trail is steady climbing through most of it, most of it being low to intermediate technical difficulty except maybe one or two spots. It only rides about two miles before connecting to Flying Dog.

While not being a bad trail and is good for a nice climb, it isn't one of my all time favorites by any means. It is a great option to get to Flying Dog, a far superior trail in my opinion, but not worth the ride by itself most days.

I did have a pretty good wreck on the way back, flying down, and then coming over one rise I didn't realize the trail would dip and swerve and I went off the trail and face planted it, bloodying up my elbow.