Solitude Mountain Resort unveils the Cottonwood Canyons' first mountain bike park with dedicated downhill trails, its first steps toward its intention of becoming a downhill biking destination.
A mountain bike rider on the new freeride trail Cobalt Cruise at Solitude Mountain Resort on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023.• There’s a reason Luke DeFeis has never mountain biked at Solitude Mountain Resort, and it’s not because he lives in Park City — the area along the Wasatch mountain range that has the most options for downhillers like him.Last Friday, lift-served downhill mountain biking finally came to the Cottonwood Canyons.
The same applies to the tram-served mountain biking trails at Snowbird. These four trails, however, signal the beginning of Solitude’s multiyear plan to establish itself as a premier downhill mountain biking destination. Lift-serviced mountain biking in northern Utah has mostly taken root around Park City. Deer Valley Resort bears the gold standard with more than 30 miles of dedicated downhill trails and three lifts fitted with bike carriers. Mountain bikers can also access trails at Woodward Park City and Park City Mountain via lifts. Outside of those resorts, though, the new trails at
Take Kaitlyn Ellison of Draper for example. She said she started riding cross country earlier this year but quickly found she preferred downhill.Ellison, 27, had been driving to Park City to ride at Woodward and Deer Valley. Yet after one spin down Cobalt Cruise, a blue freeride trail that features an impressive arched wooden bridge, she made good on Holland’s prediction: She said she planned to spend the rest of her riding weekends this season at Solitude.
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