Dark Trail is an ideal novice ride that hugs the canyon floor without hard climbing and technical sections. Settlement Canyon contains the Dark Trail Loop and Left-Hand Fork rides. Also in Middle Canyon is the White Pine Trail, a fun single-track ride that crosses Butterfield Peak’s lower slopes and ends in White Pine Canyon. Middle Canyon above Tooele City features a challenging 19-mile round trip mountain bike ride to the summit of West Mountain in the Oquirrhs. Other trails in or near the Great Salt Lake Desert also remain snow-free. While snow buries the Oquirrh and Stansbury mountains during winter, the Stansbury Island Trail remains open. Except for Highway 36 between Tooele and Lake Point, and Highway 112 between Tooele and Grantsville, the majority of local rural roadways see light motorist traffic.īecause of the county’s topography, most of the lower elevation trails can be ridden year-round. Relative solitude, even on weekends, is the norm here.Īlthough Tooele Valley is Tooele County’s population center, road cycling opportunities remain ideal. In addition to feeling the hills through your legs, lungs and heart, the ride is exceptionally enjoyable because you’re not fighting for space on local roads or trails. Instead of just seeing the hills, you feel them while riding a road or mountain bike across Tooele County.