ROUTE № 05
Statewide flagship
Pavement
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Alpine Loop
Narrow, shaded, absurdly pretty — the Wasatch's tightest paved ribbon.
Narrow, shaded, absurdly pretty — the Wasatch's tightest paved ribbon.
Route line traced from OpenStreetMap — the real GPX drops when we ride it with the GoPro.
8,060 feet in a notch between drainages — Timp's back side fills the windshield.
A paved-then-dirt spur to terraced spring pools. The crossover starter kit.
Robert Redford's mountain. Stop for coffee, feel fancy, get back on the bike.
Every route on this guide gets ridden and filmed by the shop. This one hasn't had its camera day yet — it's on the Saturday list, and the footage drops right here when it happens.
Video slot · swap this block when the alpine-loop footage lands
UT-92 threads between Timpanogos and the granite of American Fork Canyon on pavement that occasionally forgets to be two full lanes wide. It's slow-speed riding by design — first and second gear corners under a canopy, Sundance partway down, Cascade Springs a worthy dirt-adjacent detour. Ride it on a weekday morning; on fall weekends the leaf-peeper traffic turns it into a very scenic parking lot. This is the ride for the guy re-learning what countersteering feels like after a fifteen-year intermission. The mountain doesn't judge. Neither do we. Much.
Light and flickable wins — this is small-bike heaven. A TM two-stroke with a plate would be criminal fun here.
Highland or Provo Canyon. None on the loop. Fee booth at the canyon mouth.
Gates, weather and closures change — check conditions before you ride. Ride your own ride.
The shop is the trailhead. Text us and we'll tell you when the next ride-out rolls — all machines, all paces, zero judgment about how long it's been.