Strawberry Ridge Trailride

Where to go?

I am leading a trail ride for our school district in a couple weeks and I have not really been in the area they want us to ride in so my wife and I are doing some trail recon to make sure we know where we are going and to see if where we are going is safe enough for those in attendance. Today we parked at Daniel’s Summit Lodge on highway 40, unloaded the ATV, We ride a 2010 Can-Am 500 Outlander with a new motor in it. We purchased it from Uinta Recreation in Heber, Utah, Adam Pulley the owner is a good friend of ours, he rents ATV’s, UTV’s, and all sorts of outdoor recreation equipment, look him up when looking for some excitement while you are in the area and tell we sent you. Back to our trail ride. We left the parking lot going east behind the general store and following the trail to the Main Canyon Trail, after going through the property gate we were on our way to our adventure. We rode for three hours and stayed on trail 503 until it ran into trail 135 which is Strawberry Ridge trail. We rode to the top of a lookout that took in a 360* view of the Strawberry Valley and reservoir, Diamond Fork Canyon, Trout Creek area, and Wallsburg or Round Valley.

This little side trip was a nice steep hill but very short and the view was well worth venture.  We met up with a couple on the trail from a local town and they told us many other areas to venture into that are nearby.  We will be doing more trail recon in the next few days to make sure we have an appropriate trail for comers to enjoy.  Plus it just gets us outside for a while.  My wife enjoys ATV riding and getting out in nature.  So we ride as often as possible so look for more trip reports from ATV adventures.  The trail was a rocky and windy trail for the most part when we reached the top of the ridge it smoothed out into a dirt trail.  For the most part people have stayed on the designated trail and not created too many bypasses.  The trail was never harsh enough to really need the bypasses but it was dry for our ride.  We made it back Daniels Summit Lodge by 1:30 due the fact we had a birthday party for my 109 year old grandmother, I know crazy stuff living to be that young!  We loaded up and headed home, honking as passed by Uinta Recreation in Heber.  Heber has one of, if not only place that I know of that runs non-ethanol gas for your ATV’s just as you leave town going east is the Eagle Gas station, they know they have a corner on the market and the fuel is marked up and pricey but for the peace of mind for your motor it is worth the extra cost.  We will venture out again real soon and report on the next rail we take.  This one may be a little rugged for some of our trail partners.