Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This Great Western Trail Day Trip section with alternate began by driving up UT-65 from I-80's East Canyon exit and staging a bike atop Big Mountain Pass. From there I backtracked to park at the bottom of the Alexander Creek Trail on UT-65.
This hike and bike covered roughly 10 GWT miles over the 21-mile loop. Little did I know at the time that a 3-mile "GWT: Parleys to Sheep Canyon" trail exists above the Mountain Dell Golf Course; I plan to explore that on a future day trip. Alexander Creek Trail still made for a fine alternate route and was not as close to the road noise as I had originally predicted.
With this staging, my route was as follows:
Alexander Creek to Parleys Summit to Cell Tower Access Road to Sheep Trail (GWT) to Mormon Trail West Upper to UT-65 back to return to my car.
Music by:
Royksopp
"I Just Don't Understand You (Lost Tapes)"
This Great Western Trail Day Trip section with alternate began by driving up UT-65 from I-80's East Canyon exit and staging a bike atop Big Mountain Pass. From there I backtracked to park at the bottom of the Alexander Creek Trail on UT-65.
This hike and bike covered roughly 10 GWT miles over the 21-mile loop. Little did I know at the time that a 3-mile "GWT: Parleys to Sheep Canyon" trail exists above the Mountain Dell Golf Course; I plan to explore that on a future day trip. Alexander Creek Trail still made for a fine alternate route and was not as close to the road noise as I had originally predicted.
With this staging, my route was as follows:
Alexander Creek to Parleys Summit to Cell Tower Access Road to Sheep Trail (GWT) to Mormon Trail West Upper to UT-65 back to return to my car.
Music by:
Royksopp
"I Just Don't Understand You (Lost Tapes)"
