Originally Posted by
jamesdak
If you ever come back to the area, hit me up. The Tour of Utah actually finished on race stage by going up Powder Mt this past summer. Great area to ride, mountain bike trails all over the mountains and the paved bike trail you probably saw by Carver's Cove is now about halfway around the lake. They get a few more miles done every year. This year they actually finished the piece taking it up to Wolf Creek.
Yeah -- we just missed the Tour de Utah by a couple of days. I thought my favorite hill climb, Tuna Canyon in the Malibu/Los Angeles area, was a bear, but Powder Mountain is twice as long and just as steep. I did see several people cycling on the road, despite all of the road signs saying, "Not recommended for pedestrians and cyclists."
I may well take you up on your offer -- this was the second time we have met in the Powder Mountain area, and my wife, an oil painter who specializes in landscapes, loves the area. We did walk a good part of the multiuse path, which handily led from Worldmark to the Valley Market. My father, now deceased, and stepmother have always selected great venues for our reunions -- Yellowstone, Yosemite, Monterey CA, Midway UT, Zion ... .