Mountain Trails

Mountain Trails Foundation

We build, maintain and protect Park City, Utah's trails

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National Trails Day – Join us June 4th!

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Come celebrate National Trails Day with the MTF crew by putting the finishing touches on the new, Big Easy trail.

Wasatch Bagel and Grill will provide bagels for breakfast from 8-8:30. After breakfast, we will hike to the worksite for a morning of digging and fun.

When: June 4th 8am-12pm

Where: near Quinn’s Junction Trailhead (the gravel lot north of the maintenance building) 

What to Bring: Water, sunscreen, work gloves and sturdy shoes. We have a good-sized tool inventory, but if you have a hard rake, hoe or loppers, please bring them along. Pants are recommended. 

MEET MORE OF THE TEAM

Meet the Team

We are passionate about the Park City Trail System.

Lora Smith

Lora@MountainTrails.org
Executive Director

Ian Hartley

ian@MountainTrails.org
Executive Assistant
435-655-5853

Ginger Wicks

Ginger@MountainTrails.org
Accounting

Rick Fournier

Rick@MountainTrails.org
Field Manager

2022 Trail Crew

2022 Map Photos Needed  Submit to Win!

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Our 2022 maps are almost ready but we need your help with the final touch. We want the maps to represent our amazing community and show what trails mean to YOU. Whether it’s an old favorite or yet to be taken, your photos could be the next map cover.

We are looking for unique images that show the diversity of our trails. We know you all ride bikes, but we also want to see hiking, trail running, dog walking, adaptive cycling or any other trail endeavors.  The only caveat is that there MUST be a TRAIL in the photo. If you are selected as the winner, your image will be featured on the front of the 2022 Summer Trail Map. You will get photo credit, and more importantly, you’ll be able to choose ANY piece of MTF gear that you want.

CONTEST DETAILS…

  • Both professional and amateur submissions welcome
  • You must be willing to release the rights of your image to MTF (even if you don’t win)
  • Your image must be at least 1.5 MB in size and 2400 x 3200 pixels and in a VERTICAL (portrait) format in order to be considered for the final winner.
  • Yes, you can enter more than one photo
  • We will stop accepting entries on May 25th. The winner will be announced in our June newsletter and social

SUBMIT PHOTOS TO: https://mountaintrails.org/photo-contest

MEET MORE OF THE TEAM

Meet the Team

We are passionate about the Park City Trail System.

Lora Smith

Lora@MountainTrails.org
Executive Director

Ian Hartley

ian@MountainTrails.org
Executive Assistant
435-655-5853

Ginger Wicks

Ginger@MountainTrails.org
Accounting

Rick Fournier

Rick@MountainTrails.org
Field Manager

2022 Trail Crew

Trail Crew Positions Available

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Interested in a career with Mountain Trails?  We currently have positions available for Trail Crew Leads and Trail Specialists (general trail crew). See  job descriptions and apply using the links below.

Trail Specialist Job Description

Trail Crew Lead Job Description

MEET MORE OF THE TEAM

Meet the Team

We are passionate about the Park City Trail System.

Lora Smith

Lora@MountainTrails.org
Executive Director

Ian Hartley

ian@MountainTrails.org
Executive Assistant
435-655-5853

Ginger Wicks

Ginger@MountainTrails.org
Accounting

Rick Fournier

Rick@MountainTrails.org
Field Manager

2022 Trail Crew

Cross-country skiing, now open to the public, on the Osguthorpe Farm

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Collaboration Wins

Dana Jones (Director, Basin Recreation), Lora Smith (Executive Director, Mountain Trails) and Cheryl Fox (Executive Director, Summit Land Conservancy) officially open xc skiing on the Osguthorpe Farm/GreenHeart

If ever there was a project that defined the word ‘collaboration’ this is it! MTF is elated to be part of the team bringing a much-needed, long-awaited, beginner-accessible, dog-free, ski-only venue to Summit County. 

Cross-country skiing, now open to the public, on the Osguthorpe Farm (aka the GreenHeart of the Basin) exemplifies a community effort between the Osguthorpe Family, Summit Land Conservancy, Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District (Basin Rec) and Mountain Trails Foundation (MTF). Donations from the Promontory Foundation and a private donor funded this project. While Summit Land Conservancy holds the conservation easement and coordinated with the Osguthorpe Family, going forward, MTF will provide annual track design/layout and Basin Rec will provide regular winter grooming, tagging it onto their schedule for the adjacent Willow Creek winter trail system. 

To give credit where credit is due, the idea for skiing on the GreenHeart was originally the brainchild of, no surprise, Charlie Sturgis, MTF’s former director and ski enthusiast of the highest order. When the GreenHeart came under conservation, Charlie promptly recognized the opportunity to play – again, to those who know him, no big surprise. Now, several years, meetings and contracts later, we have arrived with an amenity that serves the public appetite for fun. Way to go, Boss! Your legacy lives on.

Also deserving of fist pumps is MTF’s very own Trails Manager, Rick, for employing his winter trail expertise on tricky, late season conditions and for coordinating the track layout directly with Steve O. It’s not every day one’s job involves taking a farmer out for a January snowmobile ride on a sugar-snow covered hay field. 

At every turn, this was a group effort and, for many proud years to come, the Osguthorpe Farm/GreenHeart cross-country ski area will be a shining gem in our winter trail system. We look forward to seeing xc skiers of all types adopting the GreenHeart as their own – caring for the land and caring for one another. 

On behalf of  Basin Rec, Summit Land Conservancy and MTF, I extend warm gratitude to a community that supports our work and understands that ‘Trails and Land Go Hand in Hand!’

See you out there,

Lora Smith, MTF Executive Director

MEET MORE OF THE TEAM

Meet the Team

We are passionate about the Park City Trail System.

Lora Smith

Lora@MountainTrails.org
Executive Director

Ian Hartley

ian@MountainTrails.org
Executive Assistant
435-655-5853

Ginger Wicks

Ginger@MountainTrails.org
Accounting

Rick Fournier

Rick@MountainTrails.org
Field Manager

2022 Trail Crew

Here’s what we’re going to do with your donations in 2022

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On behalf of the Mountain Trails Foundation crew, board and all Park City area trail users who logged over a million trail days, I warmly thank each and every one of our 1,676 donors for their trust in us. These are the trail users who stepped up last year and put money where all of our feet, wheels, skis, snowshoes and furry-friends’ paws go. Trails are a privilege supported by generous, grateful people who care. Thank you!

Before getting to the big reveal on 2022 projects, we want our donors to understand that every project MTF undertakes has a strategic purpose, carefully considered within the context of the greater trail system. Whether the objective is to disperse trail use, increase safety or add connectivity between routes, before commencing works, a great deal of thought is invested by some of the best minds in the business. Cue applause for MTF’s professional trail crew. A few of 2022’s projects are estimated to take 1-2 seasons to complete and progress can be followed on social media and our website.

Here are the highlights from our 2022 strategic plan:

Clark Ranch eMTB Trail: 4+ miles connecting Clark Ranch to the SkyRidge eMTB-friendly trail system;

SkyRidge Milky Way Trail: 2 miles added to complete the Milky Way Trail. Multi-use and eMTB-friendly;

Mother Urban Trail: 4 miles, started last year on Treasure Open Space, top of Lowell Ave. to Mid Mountain Trail, directional-up for bikes. Takes pressure off Jenni’s and Armstrong trails;

Cyn City: 2.5 miles of intermediate, directional-down, flow trail between Charlie’s 9K and Mid Mountain Trail. Creates route options using two main arteries;

Chainge Reaction: 2 miles of expert (with upper-intermediate opt-outs), directional-down, flow trail between Charlie’s 9K and Cyn City. Serves expert riders in terrain that can sustain steep trail;

Maintenance – thanks to 80 Adopt A Trail sponsors! Chainsaw clear 200-300 blow downs, repair winter trail damage, side-veg 10’s of miles of trail, repair/re-route several old or loved-to-death trails and, yes, even waste management at select trailheads. 

These are just the projects we can talk about today. Stay tuned to our monthly newsletter, on social media or frequent our “projects” page (coming soon!) at www.MountainTrails.org for up-to-date announcements on additional trail projects, fundraisers and events. 

Despite the challenges faced by trails organizations locally and nationwide, what more satisfying job could be had than creating a product that brings people together, contributes to healthy lifestyles, fosters a connection to Nature, and for which people share our passion?

We are thrilled, honored and so very grateful to share this journey into 2022 with you!

See you out there,

Lora Smith

Executive Director

MEET MORE OF THE TEAM

Meet the Team

We are passionate about the Park City Trail System.

Lora Smith

Lora@MountainTrails.org
Executive Director

Ian Hartley

ian@MountainTrails.org
Executive Assistant
435-655-5853

Ginger Wicks

Ginger@MountainTrails.org
Accounting

Rick Fournier

Rick@MountainTrails.org
Field Manager

2022 Trail Crew

Salt Lake Running Company will produce the 2022 Triple Trail Challenge series

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REGISTER NOW

Register now for the 2022 Triple Trail Challenge Series.

We are excited to announce we have partnered with Salt Lake Running Company to produce the 2022 Triple Trail Challenge series.  As a top 10 Run Shop in America with 25 years’ experience providing world class products and services creating this partnership was a no brainer! 

MEET MORE OF THE TEAM

Meet the Team

We are passionate about the Park City Trail System.

Lora Smith

Lora@MountainTrails.org
Executive Director

Ian Hartley

ian@MountainTrails.org
Executive Assistant
435-655-5853

Ginger Wicks

Ginger@MountainTrails.org
Accounting

Rick Fournier

Rick@MountainTrails.org
Field Manager

2022 Trail Crew