 | Le Tour de Forks,
American Fork Canyon For the rider who's looking for an epic ride in American Fork Canyon, the Tour de Forks hits North Fork, Mineral Fork, Dry Fork, South Fork Deer Creek, South Fork American Fork, and Tibble Fork in a monster 30-mile ride. Absolute altitude change is 3100 feet, climbing is about 4600. There's 8 miles of rocky doubletrack, 22 miles of technical singletrack. The connector from Dry Fork to Ridge 157 by the Ant Knolls is essentially a half-mile uphill hike. Consider shortening the ride by 4 miles by skipping Dry Fork and the Ant Knolls section of Ridge 157. (Instead of forking toward Mineral Basin at Dutchman Flat, just keep cranking straight up the North Fork Road to Pole Line Pass.) |
| Ride Notes, from Tibble Fork Parking 0.0 Go straight onto dirt North Fork road 4.3 Dutchman Flat, find DT on R behind parking N40 31.626 W111 36.205 5.6 Fork hard R on DT (left = Mineral Basin) N40 32.579 W111 35.685 6.0 Fork L to Dry Fork (R = back to North Fork Road) N40 32.399 W111 35.546 7.8 R onto ST (GWT), hike-a-bike climb N40 33.770 W111 35.098 8.4 Top of ridge, go R (south) N40 33.671 W111 34.777 Keep R at all forks until you reach Pole Line Pass 10.9 At Pole Line Pass. Cross DT to Trail 157. N 40° 31.901 W 111° 34.243 11.5 Fork R (L = Pot Hollow) N 40° 31.404 W 111° 34.249 13.2 L uphill (R=Forest Lake), begin ugly section N40 30.347 W111 34.861 13.9 Keep L uphill at both Trail 181 forks N40 30.029 W111 35.182 | 14.8 Fork L (R = Holman Trail) N40 29.472 W111 34.938 15.0 Pass Rock Spring, keep R (157) at fork N40 29.479 W111 34.794 Begin descent toward Mill Canyon 16.4 Cross DT to southbound DT N40 28.436 W111 35.276 17.0 Fork R on ST (just before end of DT) N40 28.071 W111 35.660 18.6 4-way, fork L on Deer Creek South Fork N40 27.547 W111 36.894 20.2 Cross paved road to DT N40 26.822 W111 36.514 Find ST straight ahead 21.6 Cross paved road intersection to ST 21.7 Keep R, proceed to Summit parking N40 25.767 W111 36.804 Cross parking to Horse Flat Trail N40 25.848 W111 36.812 Fork L uphill |
 | 22.2 Fork R N40 25.688 W111 37.109 Getting there: From I-15, take the Alpine-Highland exit just south of Point-of-the-Mountain. Go east towards the mountains on UT-92 and continue up American Fork Canyon. There's a $6 fee (as of 2009). About 6 miles up the canyon, turn left at the North Fork junction and drive 2 miles to Tibble Fork Reservoir. Park, then ride straight past the outhouse onto the gravel road that heads up along the river. Copyright 2006 Mad Scientist Software Inc
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