The ideal mountain-biking trail

Yesterday was our first-time riding on the new Jenny trail, that opened this summer and meanders up over Park City Mountain Resort.

The trail, a 10 mile round-trip circuit, begins at the resort's parking lot (6,900 ft) and ends at the top of the Payday chairlift (8,254 ft), but with lots of ups and down along the way, the elevation gain is 1,649 ft.

The trail is smooth, comfortably wide, most of the turns are extremely well designed, the slope stays between 5 and 6%, except for a short, steep section that borrows an old trail, where we had to walk our bikes since we weren't familiar with this particular spot.

Variety of scenery, changing vegetation and views are also contributing to making that path one-of-a-kind and a real pleasure to ride or hike! If the number of users we saw is a testimony to the user-friendliness of that trail, it's also a clear indication that it stands as the model by which mountain-bike trails should be planned and built. We'll do it again!