The Rush Trail is a one-way downhill mountain bike route in Draper's Corner
Canyon. It starts at the Peak View trailhead on Traverse Ridge and descends to
the underpass for Highland Drive at the Equestrian Center trailhead. Rush features tight turns and
frequent rollers and tabletops as it descends at an average 300 feet per mile for 3.5
miles.
The turns on Rush are designed for speed.
Review by Bruce in June 2010. Last updated
September 2018.
General information...
Rush is 3.5 miles in
length, descending 1150 vertical feet from the Peak View trailhead on Traverse
Ridge (altitude 5900 feet). The newer alignment bypasses an up-and-down
section called The Trees to offer a more continuous downhill. If you ride "Classic Rush"
with the detour through The Trees, you'll bypass 0.3 miles of
"official" Rush for 1.0 mile of flatter riding, making your
total 4.2 miles.
The Peak View Trailhead on Traverse
Ridge. Some day, there'll be a connector from the Suncrest Road so you can
quickly drive there.
Dogs, horses, and hikers are forbidden on Rush. It's a bicycle-only
downhill-only trail. This is a busy and popular trail, especially on
weekends. Expect high-speed traffic, with oncoming riders not expecting
anybody in the trail. So don't even think about pedaling back uphill to
try a stretch of trail again.
There are some names you should be aware of. Rush has a longer
alternate option called The Trees on the upper mountain. The portion below
the Bonneville Shoreline Trail (BST) is
called Rush Limelight, and the lower beginner sections are called either
Rush Beginner or Rush Green.
Typical trail section for much of Rush: undulating up
and down, with rollers and tabletops that you can either slow-and-roll or
launch.
The trail is rated as intermediate in technical
requirement. But for the most part, the trail surface is broad and smooth.
It's a "flow" trail, where you can just keep rolling downhill.
So experienced beginning-level riders can and do ride down Rush. (If
you're a slower descender, listen carefully for riders coming up on you
from behind. Quickly find a spot to yield. And never ever listen to music
on ear-buds on this downhill!)
As Rush reaches lower Corner Canyon, there are two short beginner-level
segments. One is separate from the main trail, feeding into Rush from the
Access doubletrack, and the second is the final bit of Rush. I'll refer to
these two bits of trail as Rush Green.
Hitting the high side of a high-speed turn.
To reach the top of Rush, climb any other trail to the Peak View
trailhead on Traverse Ridge. Your options are Clark's
Trail, Canyon Hollow (connecting via
Brocks Point), Ann's Trail from Potato
Hill, Ghost Falls
(connected via a mile on the dirt Corner Canyon Road). Come over Hog
Hollow from Alpine. Or you can grind up
the Corner Canyon Road.
Bike fixing station at the trailhead.
Pump and bike tools. Draper loves its mountain bikers.
Your trailhead options for climbing to the top of Rush are...
Mike Weir TH (on Mike Weir Drive west of
Corner Canyon). Take the Bonneville Shoreline Trail eastbound to Clark's Trail
and climb to the top.
Coyote Hollow TH (behind the temple). 100 feet after leaving the circle,
fork left and climb uphill to Clarks, or go straight on the new 2013 lower
section of Canyon Hollow.
Mike Engberson rockets around a turn
during the 2012 Intermountain Cup race, which used Rush as its downhill.
Corner Canyon Equestrian parking (on Highland Blvd). Climb
uphill
on the Corner Canyon trail. Keep straight and uphill at the complex 5-way,
staying on doubletrack until you see the connector to Canyon Hollow on
your right.
Potato Hill on Traverse Mountain Road. Fork right off Pototo Hill, then
keep straight (left -- don't go through the underpass) and climb Ann's
Trail to the top.
Corner Canyon Road BST trailhead. Follow the BST southwest to connect to any
uphill route, or climbing directly up the Corner Canyon Road to the upper
Clarks/Rush TH).
While most of the turns are highly banked with dirt
berms, some have wood or rock reinforcement. This is a nice hairpin turn
on Rush Limelight, rendered skate-park smooth with flagstones..
Rush entry locations in mid-trail...
Fly By Night.
You can drop into The Trees from Brock's trail. The connector is called
Fly By Night and is only about 100 yards long. When climbing, it's on the
right, about 0.2 miles from where Brock's forks away from Canyon Hollow.
(When descending from Peak View on Brock's, Fly By Night is at mile 0.3 from the
trailhead on your left.) As you hit The Trees, turn to the right to align
with the one-way riding direction. Keep straight when you join the main
Rush downhill trail 0.6 miles later.
Bruce cranks around the trail for from Canyon Hollow
to Brocks. The Fly By Night connector is 0.2 miles uphill on the right.
Canyon Hollow Trail. You can also connect to the middle of Rush from the lower Canyon Hollow
trail, either where Rush crosses at mile 0.5 from the Coyote Hollow
trailhead, or at mile 1.2 where a short connector takes you over to join
Rush.
Corner Canyon Access DT. At mile 0.9 of the climb up the
Access trail in lower Corner Canyon, a connector forks sharply right. This
takes you up to Rush Limelight for a 0.8-mile descent.
Bonneville Shoreline Trail. You can opt to ride only the lower mile of Rush
-- the Limelight section -- by going to the
spot where Rush crosses the Corner Canyon
Bonneville Shoreline Trail.
The Canyon Hollow connections occur in old-growth
maple forest.
Entry to Rush Green. Upper Rush Green starts on
the wide Access doubletrack 0.3 miles uphill from the underpass, on your
right when climbing. The entry is oriented to receive riders who are
coming from uphill, so you'll need to do a very sharp almost-180. Upper
Rush Green joins the main Rush trail after 0.1 mile.
Lower Rush Green also starts on the Access DT, 0.2 miles from the
underpass. It's on the downhill side of the wide Access trail at the
northeast end the bridge.
Entry to the upper Rush Beginner (Rush Green) trail
on the Access DT. We're looking north.
Descending Rush
At the Peak View trailhead, go through the fence and ID the
Rush trail straight ahead. Rush is closed during early season and after
heavy rain. DO NOT ENTER if there are signs or chains indicating the trail
is closed! Roll through the rock garden and begin descending. You'll begin
a series of twisting turns.
The roll-over rock garden is designed to alert hikers
and horsemen that this isn't just another trail. This is also the usual
location of the "trail closed" chain.
The Trees...
At mile 0.4 from the top, you'll reach a trail fork. In 2013 a new steeper route was cut, bypassing a longer but
not-always-downhill section. The new route to your left is 0.3 miles, the bypassed
trail is 1.0 mile. The bypassed trail has been renamed The Trees. If you
take this "classic" route, you'll do some pedaling, but will be
rewarded with distance and views. Add 0.7 miles to my ride mileage if you
rode The Trees.
Here's the route split. Left and down
for the New Rush; right and flat for The Trees.The rock garden entry into Rush. Designed to catch
the attention of horse riders and hikers who blunder onto the trail.
Plunging downhill via the left trail fork, you'll drop 100 vertical over 0.3
miles before The Trees rejoins on your right.
The trail will now cross over a pipeline corridor a few times as it winds
back and forth over the hillside.
The upper ride has frequent
back-and-forth meanders with tight bermed turns.
At mile 1.7, a connector from Canyon
Hollow comes in on your right. This short bit of trail is two-way
traffic, so you can bail onto Canyon Hollow to go back uphill, or to make
an alternate downhill.
At mile 2.2, the trail crosses Canyon Hollow. A left turn here would
take you to the Coyote Hollow trailhead on Canyon Hollow, while a right
turn can take you uphill for another go at upper Rush. Go straight
downhill to stay on Rush.
The Canyon Hollow area of Rush has lots of shade and
big trees.
At mile 2.5, Rush reaches the broad cindered
Bonneville Shoreline Trail. After dipping through the little (often
dry) creek, cross the BST to the Rush Limelight trail.
Below Canyon Hollow, the trail takes on a somewhat
different character. Instead of swooping turns, there are constant rollers
and tabletops. Between the two trees at mid-photo, that's the lip of a
sharp tabletop jump.
As you descend Rush Limelight, a one-way trail from the Access DT comes in
on your right after 0.2 miles. Keep straight.
After another 0.2 miles,
you'll cross the Creekview trail. The downhill (to your right) side is
hiker-only. The uphill side has a connector to a neighborhood road (90
degrees left) plus the uphill-only bikes-permitted section of Creekview (at
180 degrees left).
On Rush Limelight just below the Creekview trail fork
is this banked S-turn.
The upper Rush Green (beginner) trail joins on your right at mile 0.8 from
the BST. Keep straight and drop through a couple of quick turns, and you're
on the wide cindered Corner Canyon Access trail. Turn left and cross the
bridge over the creek, then immediately left again to hit the last section
of Rush, the lower Rush Green trail.
As you hit the wide Access trail again after 0.1 mile, you're done with Rush.
The entry into lower Rush Green. Watch out for the
kiddies on this stretch.
Bottom Line
A great addition to Draper's trail system. While rated
intermediate, it's suitable for experienced and confident beginning
riders. But if you're a slower rider, be mindful of traffic coming at you
from behind.
Rolling a turn near the bottom of Rush. We're just
above the Rush Green trail here, where the newer Rush Limelight has
replaced the old Creekview route.
Up the hill on Canyon
Hollow and downhill on the Rush trail...
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Rush "Classic" The Trees Trail riding landmarks:
Get to the top via any of the five
possible routes!
0.0 Start upper Clark's TH N40 29.291 W111 49.249
Exit the fenced parking area on the
west side, fork R. Aim downhill.
0.4 Fork R to The Trees N40 29.266 W111 49.429
0.7 Cross old Pipeline Trail N40 29.401 W111 49.325
0.9 Fly By Night joins on L N40 29.497 W111 49.229
1.4 Rejoin DH Rush N40 29.461 W111 49.434
1.7 Cross old Pipeline Trail again N40 29.464 W111 49.468
2.2 Cross old Pipeline Trail again N40 29.674 W111 49.627
2.4 Keep L (R = to Canyon Hollow) N40 29.683 W111 49.588
2.9 Cross Canyon Hollow N40 29.714 W111 49.927
(L=Coyote TH, R=climb up)
3.2 BST for
multi-trail connections N40 29.751 W111 50.124
Cross to continuing trail...
Rush DOWN Trail riding landmarks:
Get to the top via any of the five
possible routes!
0.0 Start upper Clark's TH N40 29.291 W111 49.249
Exit the fenced parking area on the
west side, fork R. Aim downhill.
0.4 Keep L (R= The Trees) N40 29.266 W111 49.429
0.7 "Trees" rejoins N40 29.461 W111 49.434
1.0 Cross old Pipeline Trail again N40 29.464 W111 49.468
1.5 Cross old Pipeline Trail again N40 29.674 W111 49.627
1.7 Keep L (R = to Canyon Hollow)N40 29.683 W111 49.588
2.2 Cross Canyon Hollow N40 29.714 W111 49.927
(L=Coyote TH, R=climb up)
2.5 Cross BST N40 29.751 W111 50.124
2.7 Connector joins on R N40 29.869 W111 50.235
2.9 Creekview crossing, keep straight N40 29.991 W111 50.359
3.4 Rush Green joins on R N40 30.190 W111 50.651
Left on DT, cross bridge
3.45 L on lower Rush Green N40 30.211 W111 50.632
3.5 Ends on Access DT N40 30.274 W111 50.716
Corner Canyon - Canyon Hollow - Rush Loop:
0.0 To west side of Equestrian Parking
N40 30.352 W111 50.766
Drop down and turn L into
tunnel
Exit tunnel and fork L
uphill (Lower Corner Canyon Tr)
N40 30.306 W111 50.775
0.3 Keep L N40 30.152 W111 50.483
0.5 Keep L N40 30.099 W111 50.395
0.6 Pass alternate TH N40 30.099 W111 50.376
0.7 Join DT, R uphill N40 30.037 W111 50.315
1.0 Keep on DT N40 29.858 W111 50.190
(Creekview on L, then BST
on R)
1.1 Curve slightly to R on DT
N40 29.823 W111 50.124
Then fork L on DT N40 29.762 W111 50.120
1.2 Find DT on R of DT, keep L uphill along road
N40 29.762 W111 50.081
1.3 Pass exit of Rush, keep L
N40 29.757 W111 49.968
1.4 R on Canyon Hollow ST
N40 29.774 W111 49.805
1.5 Take either fork (L = steeper)
N40 29.753 W111 49.789
1.6 Trails rejoin, keep
climbing
1.7 Fork R (L = Ghost Falls)
N40 29.750 W111 49.652
3.1 R on Brocks Trail N40 29.539 W111 49.082
3.4 Enter TH area, cross to west side
N40 29.308 W111 49.222
3.5 R on Rush Trail N40 29.294 W111 49.245
4.1 Cross old pipeline eastbound N40 29.400 W111 49.320
4.9 Cross old pipeline westbound N40 29.463 W111 49.468
5.5 Join old pipeline eastbound N40 29.673 W111 49.625
5.6 Hard L (diversion off old trail 2012)
N40 29.647 W111 49.557
6.4 Cross Canyon Hollow N40 29.757 W111 49.969
6.7 Cross DT BST N40 29.751 W111 50.124
6.9 Connector from Access joins on R N40 29.869 W111 50.235
7.1 Straight (L = to street or Creekview up) N40 29.991 W111 50.359
7.6 Straight (Rush Green joins on R) N40 30.190 W111 50.651
50 ft then L on DT across
bridge
L on lower Rush Green N40 30.211 W111 50.632
7.7 L on DT N40 30.274 W111 50.716, to underpass
7.9 Done
Lower Corner Canyon Trailhead (Equestrian Center): Take the Bluffdale exit from I-15 and turn
east towards the mountains. Continue on Highland Drive until you reach the
ballpark parking lot. Directly across the street from the parking, the Lower Corner Canyon
trail heads uphill (GPS N 40° 30.351' W 111° 50.721'). To
reach the trailhead from the north (Sandy area), take 13th East southward until it ends at
the stop sign just past the underpass. Turn left and drive 1/4 mile, then
turn left into the paved parking area. Start riding by going under the
street and keeping left on the Corner Canyon Trail, connecting to Ghost
Falls, Canyon Hollow, or Clarks at mile 1.2. (Bathroom at this TH.) Getting there, Coyote Hollow trailhead: Take the Bluffdale exit from I-15 and turn
east towards the mountains. Climb the hill as above, but turn right at the
light on Traverse Mountain Road. After one mile, turn into Mike Weir Drive
on your left. Pass the Mike Weir trailhead 1/2 mile later and continue
another half mile until the road veers left downhill. Take the next right
turn, turn right again, then left. You should now be on Gray Fox Drive.
Take the next right into Coyote Hollow Court. The parking is on the right
at the end of the pavement. As you start riding, keep R uphill for Clarks,
left and slightly downhill on the Silica Pit trail to reach Canyon Hollow
or Ghost Falls. Bonneville Shoreline on Corner Canyon Road: From Draper, take 123rd South to 13th
East and turn south (right). At the roundabout just down the hill, turn east
(the equivalent of a left turn at the roundabout) on Pioneer
Road. Go around one mile to 20th East, then turn right going south. To start
riding on the CC Road, turn left into the paved parking area (GPS N 40° 31.281' W 111°
50.081'). Bike or drive one mile up Corner Canyon to the Bonneville
Shoreline trailhead on your right (N 40° 30.364' W 111° 50.094'). From
here, either continue up the road, or take the BST downhill to Ghost
Falls, Canyon Hollow, or Clarks. (Bathroom at this TH.) Ghost Falls TH: If you drive a little further up the Corner
Canyon Road (see above), you'll reach the next trailhead, which is Ghost
Falls. (Bathroom at this TH.) Peak View TH (Traverse Ridge): Drive to the top of Suncrest.
On Suncrest Drive 1/2 mile east of the stop sign, turn into Canyon Pointe
Drive and go to the end of the pavement. Find a spot to park and pedal in
the same direction you were driving on gravel road. It's only 0.3 miles to
the trailhead. Alternate: Head all the way up the Corner
Canyon Road (see above), whether by car -- if the gate is open -- or by
bike from either the BST or Ghost Falls trailheads. The fenced area on on
the right as you approach the summit is the trailhead.
Potato Hill TH: Take the Bluffdale exit from I-15 and turn
east towards the mountains on Highland Drive. At the light at the top of
the hill, turn right on Traverse Mountain Road. After one
mile, pass Mike Weir Drive on your left. Look for the Potato Hill TH on your left about mile 1.3 from the
light. Start by riding through the fence, turn R immediately. Next keep R
as Potato Hill trail turns north. Connect to Ann's and turn left. Climb
Ann's to Clark's, and on to the Peak View trailhead.
Getting from Suncrest eastbound to
the Peak View Trailhead (top of Rush, Clark's, Brocks) by bike:
Shuttled riders need to get from pavement to the top of Rush. Riders on Eagle
Crest who want to use Rush as part of a big loop need to connect. The
area between Suncrest Drive and the Peak View TH is still under
development, so routes may change. At this time, drive or pedal from
Suncrest Drive to the end of Canyon Pointe Drive. See our connections
page for an aerial photo view and current status, which will be updated periodically.
