I have this "Year end Bucket List" I made about 2 months ago and I am crossing most of them off and riding in Round Valley in Park City was one of them. It's been a long time since I've ridden in Round Valley so it was kind of calling me. I went yesterday to do some trails and there were some trails I haven't ridden.
It's not really a "great" area compared to other Park City riding areas. Round Valley is usually the place where bikers go at the first of the year because it's one the few areas that is first free of snow in the spring. I just missed going up there and it would be warmer than the higher elevation trails even though it was a little chilly yesterday.
I did the figure 8 ride and the climbs were awesome and the downhills were very fun. I really liked the Rusty Shovel downhill and the Rambler On and Rambler XC trails. They weren't too steep and I can go really fast. Also Nowhere Elks and Somewhere Elks trails were pretty fun climbs. It's not that scenic really but it was nice to go out and ride a bit on some superb singletrack. My fork has about had it too. It's been having problems in the last month and a half and it was really bad on this ride that I couldn't turn easily. It was scary though. It needs a complete rebuild and I am going to have to send it to a fork rebuilder company this week. I heard that it usually takes three weeks to get it back and costs around 150 to 200 bucks. So I will be without a mountain bike for a while. I guess I will ride the road bike and fat bike, and do some hiking for the rest of the fall season before it snows. Then take a break and get on a fat bike for the snow! Hopefully do a St. George trip when I get my fork back.
