This is the picture for just the Silver Lake Trails, there's more trails to it that goes way beyond!
After not getting into any team with my Mad Dog Cycle teammates for the 12 Hours Of Sundance this weekend, I went for a long ride at Deer Valley Resort instead. I wanted to do the 12 Hours Of Sundance badly but I couldn't find anybody to do it with, there were some teammates were looking for somebody to be in their 4 man team(coed) to race in it and I volunteered but they said they found somebody else. 12 Hours Of Sundance is an endurance race in Sundance Resort that goes from 7 in the morning 'til 7 at night, you can do it Solo, 2 man, 3 man, or 4 man teams. Like if we were to do it four man, we would each do it 3 hours. I would do it if I were riding it 3 hours though and it sounded fun. It is kind of hard to make a team when you way down in the middle of nowhere in Ephraim. I also tried to get in a team with some guys in Ephraim who were also planning to do it but they called it off, they would have enough guys anyway if they they went.
Anyways, I rode all around Deer Valley for 3 hours and it was extremely fun. My mom dropped me off at the Deer Valley Base(by Snowpark Lodge) and started climbing up the Tour de Homes Trail to Silver Lake. From Silver Lake I continued climbing up another 1,300 vertical feet along Team Big Bear Trail way up to the top. After that I descended way down on G.S. Trees, Twist & Shout, Deer Crest trails. When I got down back to base, I decided to ride some more! Party on! Went down the Outlook and Spin Cycle trails all the way down to the Jordanelle Gondola Base(by the freeway). Then climbed up the Pipeline trail for another 45 minutes to the Snowpark Lodge. 2 hours and 45 minutes total. 21 miles total. It was a beautiful fall day with leaves already barely changing colors. Awesome ride with enough climbing.
