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You will quickly come to several fairly
steep and rocky switch backs, which will take you out along a beautiful
sloop. The entire trail was approximately 3 to 4 miles. It
was a fairly good grade the entire route, with a lot of lose rocks on
the trail.
As you continued up the trail you started
heading into the thick large pines. When you look up to the skyline, and
think you are almost to the top of the mountain, the trail ends
suddenly. At the end of the trail you can see a fork. One fork goes up
and the trail ends in the trees. The lower fork drops down a sever slop
and ends. It looked as if we could take the lower fork and swing
back to the main trail. However after trial and error (almost rolling)
we don't recommend taking either fork. There is a fairly level place and
the end of the trail where you can stop a have lunch or a snack.
Directions
From I-15 take the
Alpine exit heading east. This road will take you to American Fork Canyon.
There is a $3.00 dollar use fee to access the canyon. Once your heading up
the canyon you will come to the Tibble Fork junction. Once at Tibble Fork
you will see a large staging area. From the staging area head up the
Mineral Basin road. Approx 3.0 miles up the road you will come to the
trail head. The trail head is marked with the trail number on a forest
service sign.
I don't recommend the upper
part of this trail to beginners due to the steepness of the trail. The
lower part can be enjoyed by everyone as it is fairly flat.
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