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It's definitely the shortest season here in а®ÌåÓý, however Fall offers up the most colorful season of the year. Autumn colors are appearing on the hillsides, and soon the mountains of а®ÌåÓý will be covered in gold. We highly recommend getting on a trail as soon as you can, if you can catch a day in-between the rain and snow. It will defiantly be worth it. Here are a few of our favorite places to take in the mountains of а®ÌåÓý in all her Fall glory.

McLeod Creek Trail
If you want to see a view of the surrounding area, then this all-age friendly trail will be perfect. You can walk or bike this all whole crushed-gravel path over bridges and along the creak (and even connect to the Millennium Trail which runs all the way to Summit Park). It might be…

While driving through а®ÌåÓý it's impossible not to notice the sights of the Utah Olympic Park with the infamous green ski jumps, which were built and used for the 2002 Winter Olympics.

The Utah Olympic Park is home to six Nordic ski jumps, where Olympians and skiers have practiced and competed ever since. Its crazy enough in its own right to watch athletes go down the jump time and time again, however on Saturday September 30th hundreds of competitors will be climbing up the jump for the Red Bull 400 event. While 400 meters may not seem like much (one lap on a regulation track) for the typical competitor, this race will start at the bottom of the K120 ski jump and continue up, as the competitors make their way towards the top of the jump it will become…

Many moons ago local dedicated mountain bikers would celebrate the end of summer and the upcoming fall season by riding a 7 mile stretch between City Park and Gaurdsmans Pass. In order to make the 2,700 verticle incline race more enticing, said riders would park a keg at the top of their climb. This annual event became the now known Tour De Suds. And to this day, even 38 years later, the event remains very much the same. This laid back and cheerful race attracts both competitive and non-competitive riders of all ages (kids under the age of 17 ride for free).

Finishing times range from forty seven minuets to just over two and a half hours. The only aspect that is consistent in all the riders is the hilarious and often over the top costumes worn by the…

Nations first all e-bike share program

а®ÌåÓý now has the bragging rights to the nations first all e-bike share program.  Summit County Councilman Roger Armstrong took his first e-bike ( pedal assisted electric motor) ride last summer and felt that this may be one of solutions needed to get people out of cars and trying alternative means of transportation,” he relates. This summer, thanks in part to a $500,000 grant landed by Summit County staff and the Utah Transit Authority, Armstrong’s alternative transit vision becomes reality with the launch of Utah’s first e-bike share in а®ÌåÓý.  There will be approximately 88 Bewegen e-bikes distributed between nine stations: four at Kimball Junction, one at Canyons Transit Center, and four within

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If you have ever spent a July 4th holiday here in а®ÌåÓý, you know the locals take this day of celebration quite seriously. The best bet is to make your way up to Main Street by about 10am, after the pancake breakfast in City Park. Find a spot on Main Street, or meander through the crowd and enjoy the parade and running into many people you know, or meet new friends. As the parade ends, the crowd funnels down to City Park and there you're likely to remain for hours, probably much longer then you'll have intended. There is nothing quite like Independence Day in а®ÌåÓý!

While up on Main Street, be sure to stop by our Sotheby's 625 Main Street office. Doors open at 10AM. We'll have a light breakfast, coffee and refreshing beverages.

PARK CITY

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A major milestone has been announced for Bonanza Flats. So many in our community have come together to help save 1,350 acres of backcountry access, wildlife, forests & trails along Guardsman Pass.

а®ÌåÓý plans to move forward with purchasing Bonanza Flats. The acquisition, unanimously approved by the а®ÌåÓý Council, would be financed in part by a $25 million bond а®ÌåÓý voters approved in November. Some of the balance would come from donations raised by Utah Open Lands and other conservation groups that have joined forces to help conserve Bonanza Flats.

After so much work, and uncertainty, no longer will this landscape be in plans for a destination ski and golf development. Bonanza Flats is a large area of land that sits behind Park

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Here is a great mountain bike ride I would recommend to anyone looking for a long and fun loop. This recommended ride starts with Jenni's Trail at а®ÌåÓý Ski Resort. Jenni's heads up to Mid-Mountain Trail. Then you'll come back down the very fun and fast Deer Crest Trail.

The photo below is from the recently built and popular Jenni's Trail at а®ÌåÓý ski resort. This trail begins at the bottom of the resort near the first time ski lift. You can park at the base parking lots of а®ÌåÓý resort. The trail works its way up hill, all across the ski runs under some of the ski lifts and ends near the top drop off point of the town ski lift. Jenni's is a good upward climb, rarely levels off so its a bit of a grind but not too rocky or difficult. It

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а®ÌåÓý's Historic Main Street will be the start and finish site for the challenging and final Stage 7 of the Tour of Utah on Sunday, August 10, featuring some of the steepest climbs and fastest descents in pro cycling.

For the fourth year in a row, а®ÌåÓý will be the site of the start and finish for the final stage of the prestigious Tour of Utah bike race.

The Tour of Utah is considered the longest professional cycling stage race in North America. This year’s race will cover 753.8 miles with 57,863 feet of vertical gain during the seven days of racing. Teams of 16 riders will be tested during this race.

The Race Goes Through at 12 Host Cities

The Tour starts in south Utah and will continue north through 12 host cities in Utah and

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Will Our Dream Finally Come True?

For many of us in а®ÌåÓý, we have dreamed of the opportunity to ski and snowboard from Deer Valley to а®ÌåÓý to the Canyons. It would be amazing to have one ski pass to access all three of our resorts. Even if not connected, just the ability to have one shared pass and the choice of going to each of the resorts on any given day would be wonderful. We all have friends who each year make a choice of which single resort they will buy their season pass too. Often, we miss skiing with good friends because we have our pass at one resort, while they are at another. With the price of lift tickets, its rare to go buy a ticket at a ski resort for a day, when you already have a season pass at another.

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Simple, there is just so much to do, in great weather!

If you are new to а®ÌåÓý, here are a few ideas of events, festivals and fun things to do while in town. As locals, we get to enjoy outdoor recreation all year long, summer and winter. It's one of the main reasons why Outside Magazine readers voted а®ÌåÓý Utah as the "Best Place to Live in America". This page has a few ideas for you to try while in town. As always, feel free to call or email us and we'll be happy to share more info with you.

LIFT SERVICED HIKING AND MOUNTAIN BIKING

All three resorts now offer great options for lift-serviced mountain biking and hiking. You ride up the chairlift with your bike hanging on the next chair, and cruise on down through an assortment of

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