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Utah Cycling Summits/Passes - in detail
ordered roughly in order of popularity, most popular first.


-PAVED-
- Alpine loop road summit - 8030ft- Wasatch Range; paved Ut92 from Provo Canyon to American Fork Canyon.
- Big Mountain Pass  - 7420ft - The best way to ride a road bike into Salt Lake City. Also called Emigration/ East Canyon summits.
- North Ogden Pass - 6220ft - a pass with far reaching views onto the metropolitan northern Salt Lake valley that may seem higher than it really is.
- Red Canyon summit - 7825(7774)ft - One side has a bike path. Both sides have canyons comparable to Bryce Canyon.
- Huntington Canyon/ Fairview Canyon summit(u) - 9980ft - late snow, far views, and many ways to get to the top besides the principal paved approaches
- Indian Canyon Summit  - 9200ft - It's hard to get away from the monster coal trucks in this part of Utah. This route comes close.
- I70 summit(u): San Rafael Swell  - 7270ft - a much better bikeride than you would expect from an Interstate.
- Ut20 Summit: jct I15- jct US89 - 7920ft - great workout ride but "no facilities" in sight








-   MTB  -
- Hurrah Pass - 4780ft - a small gap between red Colorado River canyons that can still be quite a workout, ecspecially during hot weather.
- Wasatch Crest Trail summit(u) - 1 - 9970ft - most publicized MTB trail in the Wasatch Range
- Kokopelli's Trail summit(u):m88 - 6370ft -, very rough, easternmost La Sal Mountains summit of the well known bicycle trail.
- Hubble Creek Canyon, right hand fork summit - 7379ft - a premium view point onto the Wasatch Range with low traffic approaches that are partially paved.
- Skyline Drive - North summit(u) - 9100ft - big climb with prime view onto the Salt Lake
- Thompson Pass (top: apr.5500ft): dirt/jeep road 5 miles north of Crescent Junction up Flory Canyon road; marked on page 40 of deLorme Utah atlas and Gazeteer; low pass with very small climb in Book Cliffs.
-  Bruin Point summit(u) -10131ft - West Tavaputs Plateau summit between a lush green landscape and dry canyons in the Nine Mile Canyon area. The elevation profile looks like a ski jump
- Tusher Canyon summit(u) - 5300ft - partially sandy climb into the Bookcliffs that seems a lot higher than it is
- Hell's Backbone Road summit(u) - 9160ft - true to its name, the summit is an unusual bridge overlooking two separate canyons


 
 

 
 

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