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Wasatch Crest -> Mill D
Mountain Biking Trail
Hard
10.12 mi
848 ft
Wasatch Crest shuttle dropping to Mounthaven via the Mill D North Fork Trail.
Flowy ridge top singletrack with jaw-dropping views of Big Cottonwood Canyon and the Park City region make the Wasatch Crest trail one of the best trails in Utah—and that’s saying something! After catching a shuttle in Salt Lake city, you’re whisked upward to the top of Guardsman Pass. As you pedal away from the pass, it's hard to wrap your head around how quickly you end up in the middle of absolutely nowhere—but soon you're surrounded by nothing besides jagged mountain peaks.
The red dirt and rocks along these mountain tops provide an interesting accent to the high-speed riding, as it's very different than the dark black dirt in Park City proper.
Overall this trail is flowy, but the flow doesn't last—an extremely technical, rocky descent along the ridge known as "The Spine" is absolutely brutal, but can be walked by intermediate riders. Again the singletrack switches back to flow.
The route shown here finishes by dropping down past Desolation Lake to the Mill D North Fork Trail. Mill D finishes at Mounthaven in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Since you can drive up the pavement from Mounthaven to the top of Guardsman Pass, this option makes for a popular quick shuttle run for riders coming from the Salt Lake City side of the mountain. Instead of descending all the way back to the city, riders rip a quick, fast descent down Mill D instead. This makes the ride distance and difficulty more manageable for some riders.
Wherever you park and whatever shuttle you do, make sure that you descend down the correct side of the mountain so you don’t get stranded.
Sources:
Written by Greg Heil
Flowy ridge top singletrack with jaw-dropping views of Big Cottonwood Canyon and the Park City region make the Wasatch Crest trail one of the best trails in Utah—and that’s saying something! After catching a shuttle in Salt Lake city, you’re whisked upward to the top of Guardsman Pass. As you pedal away from the pass, it's hard to wrap your head around how quickly you end up in the middle of absolutely nowhere—but soon you're surrounded by nothing besides jagged mountain peaks.
The red dirt and rocks along these mountain tops provide an interesting accent to the high-speed riding, as it's very different than the dark black dirt in Park City proper.
Overall this trail is flowy, but the flow doesn't last—an extremely technical, rocky descent along the ridge known as "The Spine" is absolutely brutal, but can be walked by intermediate riders. Again the singletrack switches back to flow.
The route shown here finishes by dropping down past Desolation Lake to the Mill D North Fork Trail. Mill D finishes at Mounthaven in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Since you can drive up the pavement from Mounthaven to the top of Guardsman Pass, this option makes for a popular quick shuttle run for riders coming from the Salt Lake City side of the mountain. Instead of descending all the way back to the city, riders rip a quick, fast descent down Mill D instead. This makes the ride distance and difficulty more manageable for some riders.
Wherever you park and whatever shuttle you do, make sure that you descend down the correct side of the mountain so you don’t get stranded.
Sources:
Written by Greg Heil
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Strava Routes
Route and Elevation
Segments
| Name | Distance | Elev. Diff. | Avg. Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guardsman - Crest - Mill D | 10.39 mi | -2,546 ft | -4.3% |
| Guardsman to Spine | 5.62 mi | 440 ft | 0.3% |
| Guardsman + Puke Hill | 1.98 mi | 335 ft | 0.9% |
| Scott's Bypass (all of it) | 1.35 mi | -289 ft | -3.4% |
| Mill D Super Enduro- Scott's to Mill D | 9.88 mi | -2,402 ft | -4.4% |
| UNEL 6.1 | 1.28 mi | -276 ft | -4.1% |
| Creme de la Crest | 5.53 mi | -482 ft | -0.5% |
| Scotty's Connector | 1.00 mi | -262 ft | -4.9% |
| 6 corners to Heaven | 0.72 mi | -167 ft | -4.3% |
| bar end basher | 0.30 mi | -85 ft | -5.4% |
| The Real Hill | 0.48 mi | 315 ft | 12.3% |
| Puke Hill | 0.61 mi | 377 ft | 11.6% |
| Puke Hill - Actual | 0.43 mi | 285 ft | 12.5% |
| All the way to singletrack | 1.29 mi | 400 ft | 5.9% |
| Puke Hill Straightway | 0.34 mi | 269 ft | 14.8% |
| 17% Grade | 0.29 mi | 217 ft | 14.1% |
| The Wasatch Crest | 7.98 mi | -2,539 ft | -5.8% |
| Crest - Top to Desolation | 3.93 mi | -253 ft | -0.9% |
| bacon n eggs | 1.70 mi | -108 ft | -1.0% |
| Wasatch Crest Decent | 1.14 mi | -197 ft | -3.1% |
| get it on | 0.81 mi | -180 ft | -4.2% |
| Descent to Red Death | 0.45 mi | -125 ft | -3.7% |
| Wasatch Crest Red Dirt Climb | 0.74 mi | 259 ft | 6.6% |
| Wasatch Crest Climb | 0.76 mi | 233 ft | 5.8% |
| Full Mill D Decent!! | 5.18 mi | -2,575 ft | -9.4% |
| UNEL 6.2 | 0.90 mi | -325 ft | -6.8% |
| Just The Spine | 0.05 mi | -69 ft | -22.4% |
| Spine to Mill D | 4.21 mi | -2,392 ft | -10.7% |
| Mill D DH from Spine w Switchback Trail Re-Route | 4.36 mi | -2,300 ft | -10.0% |
| Desolation mini dh | 0.55 mi | -358 ft | -12.0% |
| Full D-lake DH from Wasatch Crest Spur | 3.99 mi | -2,201 ft | -10.4% |
| Desolated | 0.44 mi | -305 ft | -12.9% |
| Desolation | 1.60 mi | -909 ft | -10.8% |
| Desolation Lake DH | 2.22 mi | -1,211 ft | -10.3% |
| Verwüstung | 1.95 mi | -915 ft | -8.5% |
| Desolation DH (lake down) | 3.44 mi | -1,909 ft | -10.5% |
| Mill D Switchback Trail Re-Route | 0.42 mi | -262 ft | -11.8% |
| Mill Creek Canyon DH | 1.85 mi | -899 ft | -9.2% |
| Metamorphic Razor Blades | 1.72 mi | -899 ft | -9.8% |