Hikes at Park City Mountain Resort

Canyons Village at Park City offers some of the finest hiking trails in the Park City area. Take a scenic gondola ride to access the Mid-Mountain Trail, and explore the many trails at Canyons on your own. The Red Pine Nature Trail and Lookout Ridge Trails are great for families or for hikers looking for shorter hikes with great views. The Tombstone Trail is a perfect escape on a hot summer day for those hikers seeking solitude and a moderate excursion. The Condor Trail is recommended for those looking for a longer more strenuous hike, but not overly technical. The Fantasy Ridge Trail is for advanced trekkers looking to reach the highest peak at Canyons Village and challenge themselves by crossing the knife edged Fantasy Ridge.

AMBUSH • Mixed Use • More Difficult
For hikers and bikers looking for a trail out of the base area, Ambush is the one. This trail is an easier climb than Holly’s. With 1,200’ of elevation gain, Ambush departs from the base area via the service road, climbs towards the Super Condor Express lift, and meanders through some switchbacks until meeting up with Short Swing or continuing ahead to the Mid Mountain trail. Rosebud’s Heaven and Rob’s are also accessible via Ambush.

SHORT SWING • Mixed Use • More Difficult
This connector trail is perfect for those looking to meet up with either Holly’s or Ambush. Short Swing takes you through a beautiful section of the resort in between the Super Condor Express and Sun Peak Express lifts. For those aiming to do a short loop, try taking Ambush from the base area over to Short Swing and then back down Holly’s.

MID MOUNTAIN • Mixed Use • More Difficult
The Mid Mountain trail meanders through Canyons at an approximate elevation of 8,000’. This is a multi-use trail; please be aware that hikers, mountain bikers and horses could be on the trail at anytime. Please be aware of your location as you leave the boundaries of Canyons. The approximate length of this trail to the resort boundary on the south is 4 miles and the length to the resort boundary on the north is 4 miles.

IRON MAN • Mixed Use • More Difficult
One of the resort’s newest additions, this trail is accessible via the Mid Mountain trail and meanders across Iron Mountain offering scenic views of both Canyons Resort and the town of Park City.

GOLDFINGER • Mixed Use • More Difficult
Accessible from either Iron Man or Mid Mountain, this new trail is full of switchbacks and is best enjoyed from the south to the north. Goldfinger can be utilized as part of a loop from Red Pine Lodge as you start out on Mid Mountain, turn onto Iron Man, head down Goldfinger and then return back on Mid Mountain.

HOLLY'S • Mixed Use • Very Difficult
This trail brings hikers and bikers to and from Red Pine Lodge via the base area and the bottom of Red Pine Gondola. Although the trail can be used in either direction, down is preferred (especially for bikers). This trail drops 900’ in approximately 4 miles. Leave Red Pine Lodge on the Mid Mountain trail and head over to Lookout Peak. From there, follow Holly’s to the base area.

WASATCH RIDGE CREST CONNECTOR • Mixed Use • Very Difficult
Accessed from the Mid Mountain trail, this is a difficult climb that gains access to the Wasatch Crest trail and upper Mill Creek Canyon. In the shade all day, this trail is the perfect escape from the mid-day heat.

***Midmountain Trail is a 28.6 mile out and back trail located near Park City, UT. The trail is rated as difficult and primarily used for hiking and mountain biking. ---- We did this with a 1 year old and 4 year old. We did about 3.5 miles of it and started at the top of the Silver Lake Express lift and hiked down to the Amphitheater. Beautiful view of Jordanelle Reservoir. There was some shade and it was an easy trail. We loved this hike!
***my favorite is just about anywhere on Mid Mountain Trail. But the brand-new stretch from Silver Lake Village at Deer Valley to Park City Mountain Resort is really a showstopper! It is at 8,000 feet elevation yet almost level. It’s spectacularly beautiful with enchanted forests, stands of glimmering aspen and panoramic scenic vistas and scenery that change constantly. The ability to easily access the trail at Silver Lake Village without a “Stairmaster” uphill experience and the option to ride the Town Lift down to Old Town makes this a do-able trail for just about everyone.”
***the Mid Mountain Trail from Red Pine Lodge at The Canyons Resort to Ambush Junction. There are many options for this hike, she says. If you are looking for a long power-hike, scramble up Holly’s (Lookout Trail) and tie into the Mid Mountain Trail near Lookout Lodge. If you are not up for such a long excursion, hikers and trail runners can take The Canyons gondola to Red Pine Lodge and jump on the Mid Mountain Trail from there. Beyer suggests hiking north toward Pinebrook. Then, if you’re inclined, take the well-signed Ridge Connector Trail into Millcreek Canyon. (Hikers are better off hiking into Millcreek on odd-numbered days to avoid cyclists coming off the Wasatch Crest Trail). If you are looking to stay in the vicinity, hike further north on the Mid Mountain Trail to the junction of Ambush Trail and the Sun Peak Connector. You then have the option of either hiking to Pinebrook on the Mid Mountain Trail (recommended as an out-and-back), or out Sun Peak. Both of these options are long hikes, so be prepared. Beyer says that these trails are all charted on the annually updated Mountain Trails Foundation Trail Map.
***“I would say my favorite hike is at Park City Mountain Resort—the old historic Crescent Mine Grade.” Silver explained that the trail’s original use was for a narrow gage railroad. To get to the trail, hike up the main drainage (Home Run for skiers) from the resort’s base for about a half mile. Turn right at the junction. The trail is marked with a sign. It’s about a three-mile hike to Thaynes Road, intersecting several trail options along the way. Follow the trail past Thaynes Mine and the California Comstock Mine building, the historic route to two mines. Silver says that since all trails are well-used by mountain bikers, he particularly likes this trail because it is wide enough for bikers and hikers to pass one another with little interference. He says it also offers splendid views of Park City.
***“My favorite trail is the Mid Mountain Trail from Ambush Trail in The Canyons over to Pinebrook because it affords some of the most phenomenal views, variation in vegetation and thick trees and north faces with old growth. It also affords variation in the type of trail in climbing and dropping and tight twisties, turns and rock outcrops.” Access Mid Mountain Trail by either The Canyons gondola or Holly’s (Lookout Trail). The trailhead is not far from The Canyons base. A service road beginning near The Canyons Resort Drive eventually turns into Boa Ski Run, which intersects with Ambush Trail.