Every time my mom wants to meet up with my little sister in American Fork or Sandy, UT, I definitely grab my bike and go along. Because anywhere else outside of Sanpete County has way better mountain bike trails. Especially near Draper or Herriman. Draper has the Corner Canyon Trail System which has premium bike trails for sure. Anything is better than the Sanpete crappy trails.
This time I didn't go to Corner Canyon and I decided to explore some new trails near Herriman which is in the south part of Salt Lake valley, like Corner Canyon. This area had way less people than Corner Canyon and that's why I liked it. They are very short but also fun if you do laps.
First I climbed up this uphill out-and-back trail. It dead ended up after 1.8 miles uphill, they say according to the internet that they are going to continue building the trail up the canyon 20 more miles. That would be sweet! Anyway, I went back down and did a couple laps on the Juniper Crest Loop.
Juniper Crest Trail is a fast, easy ride. I really liked it because it was pretty fun and flowy. At first I was planning to ride one lap then do another trail called Blackridge Trail close by but I decided to do another lap instead because I wasn't in the mood for another sustained climb. For some reason I still felt a little cramped from the last ride and had a cold for most of the week. So I just rode until I got pretty tired and it was fantastic. I loved how there wasn't that many other bikers there. Like what I said, anything is better than the Sanpete crappy trails. We need better trails in Sanpete County but it's not going to happen, not enough mountain bikers. It's an atv riding area.
