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Lost Prospector Loop The Lost Prospector Loop is an easy route on Park City's east side. The loop starts on paved Park City trail, transfers to buff easy singletrack on the side of a small mountain, then descends to the Rail Trail. This 7.8-mile loop has a beginning altitude of 6800 feet, with a peak of only 7100. Taken counterclockwise, much of the climb is actually on pavement. This loop is easy-intermediate technical, easy aerobic. |
| Ride notes, counterclockwise loop: 0.0 Right (west) out of the parking lot 0.25 L on sidewalk 0.3 At crosswalk, cross street to paved trail 0.5 Keep straight at fork 1.4 Fork L, up to traffic roundabout U-turn to head north downhill on Deer Valley Dr. 1.8 Turn R uphill on Aerie Drive 1.95 Small parking lot on R, N 40° 39.034' W 111° 29.811' Singletrack across the street (on L) 2.1 Trail merges from L (advanced tech trail) Keep straight 2.75 Crossing, keep straight (R) (L=advanced) 3.2 Fork L (R=to Gambel Oak) N 40° 39.431' W 111° 30.004' 3.9 Cross doubletrack 4.1 Trail in from R, then fork. Go R uphill 4.85 Fork R, straight (L downhill = SOS) 5.35 Fork R downhill onto Skid Row 6.25 At Rail Trail, turn left 7.8 Back at Prospector trailhead |
Alternate riding loop: At the fork where you descend to the Rail Trail on Skid Row, you can also go right, climbing uphill through a couple of switchbacks to a paved road on top of the mountain. From here, you can blunder your way downhill through several street intersections (keep generally right) to the singletrack Solamere Connector (on your right) which brings you over the mountain to Gambel Oak, from which you can connect to the Lost Prospector trailhead. See the Gambel Oak page. Many riders choose to do this loop, rather than the "official" loop using the Rail Trail and Park City Town Trail. |
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Getting there: On Park City's Main Street, turn
left onto Kearns Blvd., as though you were heading to US 40. About 1/4
mile later, turn right on Bonanza Drive. At the "Rail Trail"
sign about 200 feet later, turn left onto Prospector Avenue, then right
into the parking lot for the Rail Trail. The trail is at the far (south)
end of the parking lot. N 40° 39.684' W 111° 29.894'
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