A small however well done trail. The trail head starts at the end of a row of twelve campsites. Campsite number twelve is right next to the trail head and has an excellent view of the human habitat of the City of Spanish Fork. The single track trail starts off with an up hill climb of some high bank switch backs making you think that you may have run the trail backwards. You could always turn around and run it back the other way. The trail is marked with post that could lead you to other excursions not on the trail but if you just stay on the middle track at any trail crossings you should be fine. The first one looks like this:
Like I said just keep to the middle. After the switch backs you will take a more serious climb but don't worry because you need to earn the downhill that is coming. On the downhill portion there are two switch backs that you should be aware of. The first is fairly obvious and even has a small trail continuing on if you can't stop. No worries! There is an indicator for the next tricky switchback. If you see Escalates cross out of the left corner of your eye then start slowing down for the switchback.
The cross is to remind you to pray that you are going slow enough to make the switchback.You can see how far away it is from the first picture and it is blown up in the second picture. It stands out better in real sight. From there you can let it all out to a nice lookout tower hill and then down a gravel road that leads back to the campgrounds were you can climb back up the hill to the trail head. I ran the loop twice and I feel like I have the trail memorized. I think I will use this trail for some great after work rides and get some winter chunky monkey off of me. Even though the trail is short they did a good job on it. Happy riding!
Past the reservoir. Past the campsites. Your there!
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