Trails Utah

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“Trails utah is an organization dedicated to trails advocacy, planning, funding and building in needed areas throughout utah.”

“Desolation trail rehabilitation project - completion of the desolation trail rehabilitation project was achieved in 2017. Final expense payments were made in 2018. This project involved the rehabilitation, and in some places re-establishment, of a hiking trail within the mt. Olympus wilderness area of the uinta-wasatch-cache national forest. The length of the entire project was almost nine miles. The section completed in 2017 was approximately 2.7 miles and extended from porter pass, accessed through millcreek canyon, and extended southwest to thayne's canyon. Trails utah applied for a grant through utah state park's recreational trail program and was able to match funds from salt lake county to get this important backcountry trail project completed. Crews from the utah conservation corps were hired to do the work which involved packing in tools, camping gear and supplies to remote locations along the route. Water was generously packed in with the help of utah's backcountry horsemen.”

“Grit mill climbing trail project - in 2017 trails utah completed the second phase of the grit mill climbing trail project in coordination with our partners the salt lake climbers alliance and the salt lake ranger district of the uinta-wasatch-cache national forest. Final expense payments were made in 2018. In this phase we contracted with a professional trail building company, singletrack trails, based in colorado to help us construct approximately .6 miles of a trail through exceedingly steep, rough, rocky terrain. While about a third of the work was able to be accomplished using a specialized mini-excavator, the remainder had to be done by hand. The work done by hand involved moving many large granite rocks into place to create stairs and hardened trail surfaces. The result is a stunningly well-crafted trail that connects the previous year's alpenboch loop trail with an area up canyon that will eventually become a parking area and upper access for the grit mill climbing area.”

“Hardlick downhill trails - in 2018 trails utah teamed up with herriman city and the herriman hills trails alliance to help plan and fund a network of downhill trails and an uphill climbing trail that will be part of the larger herriman trail system. The trail system is planned for the foothills at the south end of the salt lake valley adjacent to the rapidly growing hamlet of herriman city. The herriman trail system is envisioned as both a local community resource, designed to benefit the residents of herriman, and a recreational resource for trail users from around the valley. The hardlick downhill trail network will consist of approximately 3 miles of trails in the hardlick basin, a place where sheep once gathered to drink from a spring but when the spring went dry apparently licked the rocks. The trails in the area are designed for gravity-loving mountain bikers who get their thrills both in the air and on the ground. Banked turns, table top jumps, drops and other features will test and help build riding skills for bikers of all fitness and ability levels. Construction will begin late spring 2019 and be completed by the fall.”