Are you fed up with crowded Wasatch canyons? Then it may be time to, as the phrase directs, go west.
Hikers, mountain bikers and horse riders can turn their attention to the Salt Lake Valley’s west bench, where a multiuse trail network in Butterfield Canyon is nearing completion in time for summer fun.
Salt Lake County is finishing up construction of two downhill biking trails added to more than 13 miles of trails that opened last August in the Oquirrh canyon just below Kennecott’s open-pit mine.
On Tuesday, County Council members also voted to allocate an additional $2.7 million to further improve the canyon’s trailhead with better equestrian access and construct a county trail maintenance building.
“This is an amazing resource and a great opportunity for county residents because this area was previously inaccessible, at least legally,” said Dustin Wiberg, the county parks planner. “People have used the area before but were trespassing, and so this allows the public to enjoy these spaces.”
The two new mountain biking tracks are set to open in June and will up the total number of usable trail miles to 17 in Butterfield Canyon. A new parking lot has already been completed at the trailhead near the intersection of Highway 111 and Herriman Highway.
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