Park City's Mountain Trails get GOLD Rating

The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) recently named Park City a Gold Level Ride Center, making Park City the first town in the world to receive the honor!

As Park City Realtors we fully understand the importance of our amazing trails network. It is one of the most important aspects we get to boast about for our beloved town. We are members, and fully support the Mountain Trails Foundation. MTF is a non-profit organization that creates, and maintains trails throughout the Park City and Deer Valley area. Mountain Trail's director, Charlie Sturgis submitted Park City's application for the award. According to a press release, Park City received a score of 96, out of 100, and no other town has yet to achieve higher than a 90. Multiple towns had applied for the award but because Park City has everything a biker might be looking for, we won. Park City has single-track trails, paved trails, dirt bike parks, downhill trails, family friendly trails, terrain parks, and also offers hotels, restaurants and easy to access information for bikers. Park City has been described by the IMBA as a "model town".

It is currently estimated that we have about 350 miles of mountain bike trails just in the west side of Summit County. With mountain bike tourism becoming a larger segment of the tourist population, awards and recognition such as this help to make Park City stand out well among all other ski resort destination towns. New trails are schedule to be constructed this summer on Pinecone Ridge and PC Hill.

Trail creation and maintenance is an ongoing project totally funded by charitable donations of money and time from community members. If you are interested in helping out, and you should be, please contact Mountain Trails and get involved or write them a check. Our trails belong to all of us, and we ALL should be involved to keep our trails open, and in the great conditions we enjoy everyday.