25 mile bike ride on Wasatch Crest & Pipeline Trail

We went riding on the biggest trail we have accomplished yesterday and it was far from what we expected. Mainly because we went there with little knowledge of where the trail was and we took a few wrong turns.

I parked my car at the bottom of mill creak canyon and rode with Garrett up to guardsman's pass. When we got there there, we saw no sign of Wasatch crest trail so we decided to venture off and find out on our own. We started riding up a hill wondering if it was Puke Hill and got to the top of the mountain. From there we started going down a hill that was too steep to ride and very scary. We started to wonder if we were going the right way after seeing a pond at the bottom and no trail. We were a little winded at this point and decided to turn back. We started hiking back up with our bikes over our shoulders and it took us about a half hour to walk back up the trail.

When We reached the top, we decided we would call Mary and ask her to email us a GPS track of the trail so we could view it on our iPhone. After about 20 minutes of talking her through the steps, she emailed the file to me. I opened it up on my phone and it said trail incompatible! At that point we were there for about an hour and a half and I felt like just turning back. I turned to see where Garrett was and he had rode off to find the trail. When he came back he told me he found the trail.

We took off for the trail and started the 25 mile joy ride, and for the first half mile it was very fun, but then we reached the famous Puke Hill! I was still sore from hiking my bike up the hill so I automatically got off my bike and started hiking the hill. Once we reached the top, there was a small stretch of nice smooth downhill riding, followed by some rough riding with jagged rocks. We rode for about 6 miles and found a nice place to stop and eat our Subways that we had stored in our shnazzy back packs.

Oh and check out my new hair dew I found when I took off my helmet!

During the ride we found a steep trail that Garrett thought would be cool for him to film me riding so I tried it and got caught looking like the amateur biker I am. Check it out!

After our break, we finished the wasatch trail and started riding down the road at 30+ mph. We rode down to the starting of pipeline trail and decided we would barely have enough daylight to finish that trail too. We rode that trail in under an hour where our record used to be an hour and twenty minutes (that was stopping and taking pictures of course). The last mile or so of that trail was dark enough to where we couldn't see what the terrain was like and we hit a few surprise jumps at the ending.

That about completed our ride so we still had a 45 minute drive back up the to top to pick up Garrett's car. Overall, the ride was very very exhausting but well worth it. I think it would have been much better if we would have known the trail from the start, which we do now because we recorded it in my motionx app on my iPhone. I also got a nifty iPhone mount on my bike for our next ride. Check it out!

Well that is my story and now here is the map and stats. If anyone wants to ride this trail for there first time, email me and I will email you the .gpx to put on your GPS or .kmz to view in google earth!

Name:	Wasatch crest & pipeline combined
Date:	Sep 20, 2009 3:21 pm
Distance:	24.9 miles
Elapsed Time:	4:58:43
Avg Speed:	5.0 mph
Max Speed:	36.2 mph
Avg Pace:	12' 01" per mile
Min Altitude:	0 ft
Max Altitude:	9,928 ft

Start Time:	2009-09-20T21:21:57Z
Start Location:
Latitude:	40.606793º N
Longitude:	111.554795º W

End Time:	2009-09-21T02:20:41Z
End Location:
Latitude:	40.687648º N
Longitude:	111.796391º W

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2nd Time Biking down pipeline Trail

Today was our Second Time riding down Pipeline Trail in Mill Creek Canyon. This time we had Garrett, Braiden, Austin, and Me riding down.

Garrett decided to get all bruised up before we even started riding the trail. We were getting the bikes ready at his house and garrett was holding one bike while riding on another and he had a genius idea to hit the brakes while holding on to the bike with one hand. Here are the results!

Around noon we all threw our bikes in the back of Austin's truck and headed out. We Parked my car at the bottom of the hill and rode up the road to the trail with Austin's truck. While riding down the trail we passed a fork that split off and we took the wrong turn. We rode about an extra mile and found an awesome view of the city behind the canyon. There were too bikers resting there and We asked them to take our picture.

 They told us that it was officially the end of pipeline trail and we had to turn back and take the other trail to start going down the mountain so thats exactly what we did. The last half mile of the trail is the roughest and funnest. There are jagged rocks everywhere that you have to dodge or jump and hope you make a smooth landing and it gets real steep some places so its a great challenge.

Here are the results of our trail

Name:	Biking down pipeline trail 2nd time
Date:	Sep 12, 2009 1:32 pm
Distance:	7.24 miles
Elapsed Time:	1:33:13
Avg Speed:	4.7 mph
Max Speed:	17.4 mph
Avg Pace:	12' 53" per mile
Min Altitude:	5,487 ft
Max Altitude:	6,340 ft

Start Time:	2009-09-12T19:32:27Z
Start Location:
Latitude:	40.702640º N
Longitude:	111.710292º W

End Time:	2009-09-12T21:05:40Z
End Location:
Latitude:	40.691140º N
Longitude:	111.769306º W

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After biking down the trail and getting to my car at the bottom of the road, I realized my keys were in Austin's car which was 6 miles UPHILL from where we were. Austin and I started walking up the road sticking our thumbs out hoping someone would give us a ride which was bad karma because we passed up hitchhikers on the way up and didn't give them a ride. We had about thirty cars pass us and we walked about a mile up. By this time We were dieing of thirst so we walked down to the river and got ourselves a BIG Gulp. We walked back up and started the same old routine when finally a very nice couple stopped to give us a ride. They told us they had just moved to utah and asked about the canyon so I told them what I knew about the trails while they drove us up 5 miles to our truck.

When we finally got to our truck we started driving down the canyon and saw Braiden riding his bike up the hill. He saw us and I figured he would turn around and head down but we ended up waiting about 45 minutes at the bottom of the road for him with no luck of him showing. We decided to drive back up the hill to find him. By the time we got to him, he had rode his bike 6 miles up hill with a 570 foot ascent! Garrett and I were baffled because we had such a rough time riding 2 miles with a 670 foot ascent.

Bike riding down pipeline trail

Garrett, Braiden, and I went mountain bike riding today down the pipeline trail in mill creek canyon. This was by far the most exciting trail I've ridden down. We parked one car at the top of the trail and one at the bottom so when we got done riding down, we could get in our cars and leave (something you learn from experience) last time we had to peddle clear uphill to our car and Garrett about threw up afterwards and yes my legs felt like rubber!

This trail was mostly downhill although there were some parts uphill. Nothing to rough. The scary thing though was we were on a ledge almost the whole trail and if you weren't watching where you went the entire time, you could fall off the side and not stop rolling for a hundred feet.










Here are the stats of our trail:

Name: Pipeline trail (mill creek canyon)
Date: Sep 5, 2009 11:48 am
Distance: 7.01 miles
Elapsed Time: 1:16:37
Avg Speed: 5.5 mph
Max Speed: 18.6 mph
Avg Pace: 10' 56" per mile
Min Altitude: 5,702 ft
Max Altitude: 6,878 ft
Start Time: 2009-09-05T17:48:14Z
Start Location:
Latitude: 40.706087º N
Longitude: 111.689882º W
End Time: 2009-09-05T19:04:52Z
End Location:
Latitude: 40.691932º N
Longitude: 111.768697º W


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This link will be valid until Oct 5, 2009 1:54 PM PDT.

Here is a picture of the canyon view off the trail.









Oh, and we found a stellar jump on the trail. Check it out

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