With 450+ miles of public trails available in Park City's mountains and everything accessible from the town, with hotels, restaurants, bike rentals, and even trailheads, it offers an easy package for visitors.
While Park City isn’t known for technical trail riding, there are plenty of options for beginners to experts, and the lift-served terrain features a few black- and double black-diamond rated trails.
Summer is the best time to visit for mountain biking, with high alpine and forested trails to escape the heat. Park City is one of the more family-friendly mountain bike destinations, with plenty to do and see after the daily ride.
Getting to the trails: A few of Park City's best mountain bike rides start at a high elevation. The IMBA-certified Epic Ride, the Mid Mountain trail begins and hovers at 8000 feet, stretching for 26 miles across Park City's two mountain resorts, Deer Valley and Park City Mountain. Other rides like the Wasatch Crest Trail or local favorites like Charlie's 9k and Corvair start closer to 9000 feet. All of these trails and others can obviously be climbed to, but there is also shuttle access. The best way to access these high elevation trails is to ditch the car and book a free shuttle ride in Park City with the Transit to Trails service. Just book your ride and let them know your intended trail head and you'll be whisked to the start of your epic ride in 20 min or less.
Park City is home to a diverse network of bike trails. Long XC epics take you to the top of the Wasatch Back (that's what we call our slice of the Wasatch Mountain Range here in Northern Utah). And stacked loop areas like Armstrong and Bob's Basin let you easily lap a network of descending-only trails. But Park City also has dedicated bike parks with progressive features to test your skills and lift access mountain biking with beginner to expert level flow and technical trails. Looking for a pump track, the Trailside Bike Park has two. Or maybe a black diamond flow line, Deer Valley Bike Park's Tsunami features huge tables and massive berms.
Trail maps: Park City (singletracks.com)
Further information: Mountain Biking Trails In Park City (visitparkcity.com)
Route type: Holiday destination