Provo Canyon Bike Trail

The Provo Canyon Bike Trail
	Our Provo Canyon photos of the bike trail we often ride up. It is a most beautiful experience. The photos below will help you get a basic feel of the magic of this journey. We would be more than happy to accompany any of our friends on a trip up the canyon. Just hop on your cyber bike and come on the journey with us.
	Start the journey in our front yard. Extended family meet to go together on our annual family bike ride starting in front of our home. This photo was taken on Leanna's birthday. Leanna asked her family to come and celebrate her birthday by taking a 'little' family bike ride
		Coast down the big hill. The first phase of our trip is to travel about a mile to the bottom of the hill where our journey will begin. It's fun to start our journey coasting down the hill for about a mile. However, after the 8 mile ride up and back down the canyon this hill will test your strength and let you know what shape you are in physically
	Ride through a garden. We have just entered the trail. This part of the trail is more like a manicured garden. Flowers, grass, fruit trees and shaded benches are a perfect place to rest or just talk with your sweetheart.
	Enjoy the view in every direction! We now get a real panoramic view of the canyon we will soon be entering.
	Ride across your own personal bridge. We are now about a mile up the trail and we have entered the canyon. Our trail takes us over cute little bridge going over the Provo River. This a is a good place to stop and look at the trout in the crystal clear water under the bridge.
	Marvel at the mountains. The view is absolutely breath taking. It hard to believe that we are only about 4 miles from our house and gone is the hustle, bustle and noise of Orem.
	Study natures strange creations. We pass some very interesting geologic rock formations right next to the trail. This view is of some sedimentary rock from the ancient ocean that once covered this area.
	Such wild beauty to enjoy - and its free - just open your eyes. We are starting to gain some elevation. There are many trees, bushes and wild flowers along this part of the trail. Later in the season we will eat wild plums along this part of the trial. No need to worry about getting run over by a car. The trail is closed to all motorized vehicles. You will pass friendly joggers, kids on skateboards, young couples pushing baby carriages, people zipping by on roller-skates, an older couple out for a peaceful walk and of course people on bikes like us.
	A new vista around every bend in the trail. The scenery is just outstanding on every side. Craggy scenes such as this are common right next to the trail. Looking up a thousand feet into pine trees, cliffs, hawks circling over head look for their next meal are some of the unusual things one can see if you are observant
	What could be prettier? About three quarters of the way up our trail we come upon the beautiful Bridal Veil Falls so named because it reminds one of a bride's veil. You can stop there to feed big wild trout in a clear pool at the bottom of the falls. You can also take a hike up a trail about half way up to falls. There is also a lovely campground with tables, fire pits, water and grass to spread a blanket for a relaxing picnic. This is a great place to stop, eat lunch and take a little rest. We pass through at least three different parks on our trip up the canyon.
	A calm and relaxing part of the river to calm harried nerves. The Provo River presents many different moods as we follow along side it on our trip. The river changes from lazy pools with baby ducks swimming around, to beaver dams to fast running rapids. On a hot summer day kids have fun running the river in inner tubes and kayaks. Fisherman seek to outsmart the wily German Brown Trout that hide under a convenient log or next to the bank under a bush. Its not uncommon to see deer and many other types of wild animals along the trail.
	More new scenery and experiences await you on your trip down. This is were our journey ends near a small pond reserved for fishing by children. We are about half way up the canyon and only a few miles from Sundance ski resort and the home of the actor Robert Redford. This also where the Sundance Film Festival started. This park is the place where the "Heber Creeper," an old refurbished railroad steam engine starts a journey up the canyon reminding us of the past as we hear the whistle blow when the old engine runs up the remaining short line from this park to the Heber Valley. It was this old railroad track bed that has been paved to make to make bike adventure possible.
	Stay tuned - later this summer we will take on our hike up few thousand feet to the top of the big mountain you saw in our photos. We call it 'Timp.' We will see mountain goats, moose and breath taking views and scenery.
	Dave will also take you on some of his trips to Southern Utah. Here you will discover a different type of wilderness beauty.
Recent additions from family ride on July 4th.

Beautiful yellow flowers - photo not so great	So many different types of landscapes that the trail runs through	View of the Provo River at one of its more quiet spots.

Large pools next to the river. Its common to see fish and birds here.	Bridal Veil Falls with a different light. Small photo is hard to see the lighting effects.	A higher part of the trial where the trees make a wonderful, cool, green tunnel.