Winter Trails Overview

Mountain Trails Foundation

2 days ago

Happy Black Friday, Park City! #OptOutside. Your post-Thanksgiving winter trails update for the weekend of November 25th-27th:

We hope y'all had a safe and happy Thanksgiving spent with family and friends. We have a lot to be thankful for here in Park City. The Mountain Trails crew is grateful for all of the generous support we receive from the Park City trails community. We couldn’t do what we do without you, so thanks for the trail-love!

It's going to be a toasty one this afternoon, with an expected high of 45-degrees. The lower elevation singletrack will most definitely be a NO-GO for the remainder the day, and likely the weekend, with muddy conditions prevailing.

For those of you looking to work off that turkey and mashed potatoes, Bonanaza Flat has been groomed for your sliding and gliding pleasure. We'll be grooming tomorrow and Sunday, as well.

A reminder to book your shuttle ahead of time with the Transit to Trails program for a lift up to Empire Pass. www.utahopenlands.org/transit-to-trails Please be sure to tip your friendly shuttle drivers.

It looks like we've got a solid chance of more snow early next week, so bust out those snow dances and let's keep the snow mojo rolling!

Have a fantastic holiday weekend! #trailreport

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Mountain Trails Foundation

1 week ago

Good morning and happy Saturday, PC! We've got a glorious looking weekend on tap and here's the latest on YOUR winter trails...

Ramblin Round Valley-

While the overnight temps have remained chilly, abundant sunshine combined with marginal coverage has created some extremely poor afternoon conditions on our local singletrack.

We can't stress enought to GET OUT EARLY when the ground is frozen, and try to be off-trail by no later than 11am. We're seeing a good bit of human-created trail damage out there and it's completely unnecessary. #RutsSuck!

As far as the Nordic goes, we don't currently have enough snow to groom, but there are a few Km of trail out of the Quinn's TH that is still skiable, although it may be short-lived with warmer temps in the forecast.

Bodacious Bonanza Flat-

Transit to Trails www.utahopenlands.org/transit-to-trails was a huge hit last weekend, and we have killer, mid-winter conditons up at 9,000 feet. Our team has been grooming about 12K of Nordic as well as setting classic, so get on up ahh!

We're working on some fat bike options as well, but they won't be on-line til next week. In the meantime, feel free to ride the fatty's on the Nordic track- just stay on the outside edge, opposite the classic lanes, please. And, as always, be cognizant of your impact to the track, and lower your tire pressure if necessary.

Lou and co have the White Pine Nordic Center up and running, Park City Mountain is open with great early season conditions, and Deer Valley is just 10 days out! We couldn't ask for a better start to the winter of '22-'23!

Have a great one out there! #trailreport

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Mountain Trails Foundation

2 weeks ago

Happy Friday PC! This weekend the "P" stands for POWDER and the "C" stand for CORDUROY. Your first, real deal, winter trail report of this '22-'23 winter season...

While this week's storm didn't provide us with much of a base at 7,000 feet in Round Valley, way up high at 9,000 feet, it's a whole different ball-game. We picked up close to three feet of the Greatest Snow on Earth(TM)and Pantera Roja has made the long journey to her new, high-alpine home, in beautiful Bonanza Flat.

The MTF crew spent the past two days drift-busting, packing and grooming over 10K of Nordic for your sliding and gliding pleasure. You supply the oxygen! The track is still on the soft-side but all and all conditions are pretty darn sweet for second week of November.

And in case you didn't see our earlier post, we're stoked to announce that Transit To Trails is now operating for winter use as a pilot program, and will be providing transportation up to Empire Pass, Thursday-Sunday ONLY. www.utahmountainshuttle.com/transit-to-trails-winter? So grab the skis, snowshoes or fatty and get on up!

Dropping back down to Round Valley, the guys have packed several Km of track and even ran the drag over some of it. Coverage is marginal with a 2-3" base but there's still a little skating to be had. Early season conditions, so ski with caution.

What about the singletrack, you ask??? With a settled base of about 3 inches, breaking trail with the fattys shouldn't be a problem. Many of the trails are already packed in good shape so the riding should be pretty decent. We do encourage ALL trail users to get out early while Terra is Firma. With warmer temps tomorrow afternoon and Sunday, things could start to get a little sloppy out there, and nobody wants to get snud on them!

Have yourselves a killer weekend and enjoy this winter kick-off! #trailreport

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