The Mid Mountain trail is a 25-mile long trail that begins at the Deer Valley ski resort, crosses the mountains through The Canyons ski resort, and stays near the 8000' mark for most of the trail. Lots of up and down. There is about 2200 ft. of elevation gain, but just as much drop. Depends on where you start and where you stop. George, Rick and I road it this past Saturday and it was a gorgeous day to be out!! Superb. Challenging ride. By the end we were pretty well worn. If you begin at Stein Erickson Lodge you don't have a big climb up to the trail (my style). The first part of the trail has a fair bit of climbing. Takes a bit to get my lactic acid worked out of the muscles. Views along this trail are magnificent. Along the entire trail you are crossing above Summit County and all the resorts, housing developments, bodies of water, mountains, the entire shebang is visible. The last 14 or so miles of the trail pick up on some larger rocky sections. At times I thought my bike was going to fall apart on the downhill, and certainly part of the fatigue was found in my hands and arms from the shaking - could have used a full-suspension bike. Currently there are about 8-10 trees down across the trail in this last 14 mile stretch. One is huge - you must walk up the mountain to get around it. Definately needs some trail maintenance. Lots of satisfaction in riding this trail. Took us 4 hours and 55 minutes to do the 25 miles. Good times!
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