And just like that, it's Friday! Happy Friday Park City! Your trail update for this sultry last weekend of May...
First off, some great trail news from our local resorts- both Deer Valley and Park City Mountain will be opening for summer operations in the not-too-distant-future: www.parkrecord.com/news/deer-valley-announces-plans-to-open-for-summer-in-june/
The quick and dirty on trail conditions is that generally speaking, everything below Mid Mountain is good to go, meaning free of blowdowns and plentiful hero dirt.
Yes, you can expect to run into the occasional pocket of snow or muddy patch but nothing that a little hike-a-bike won't get you through. As always, where possible, please avoid the muddy bits and walk over the snow.
Above Mid, Tommy's Two Step is clear and Silver Queen is riding oh so sweetly! The guys did some really nice drainage work to alleviate Ol' Not-So-Faithful- a spring that was gushing out of the hillside and onto upper Tommy's. They also did some serious snow removal to get it ride ready for the weekend. There is still a good sized patch of snow/mud on upper Mojave so please respect the closure and give it a few more days.
Mid Mountain from Armstrong over to Spiro still has several shrinking pockets of snow and numerous blowdowns to hurdle if you're up for the challenge.
Mid from Spiro over the King Rd is mostly g2g. King Rd over to Deer Valley/Montage still has a few lingering pockets in the conifers but is getting close. (update for Sat 5/30- This section is g2g- just a few small muddy patches).
New trail construction continues on both the lunar landscape of the Skyridge trail overlooking the Jordanelle and the beginner-friendly, Big Easy trail in Round Valley.
Your "trail of the week" is the sinuous old-school, Old Town classic- Flat Cable. Thank you Solberg Manufacturing for the sponsorship! Nick Calas or Dennis McCormick any idea who built this gem? This trail provides a great connection to John's Trail or Jenni's when combined with the Treasure Hill trail and lower Sweeny's. To get to Jenni's, just jump back on Sweeny's at the top and take Loose Moose across the Drift Rd to upper Jenni's. map.mountaintrails.org/?v=terrain&x=ad0ee432-52ca-a216
So many trails, so little time... have a great one and be safe out there!
Rick
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