Antelope Island Biking Trails
This page describes the Antelope Island mountain bike trail in the Great Salt Lake.
Pictures, trail map.
Parking Island Mountain Road.
Antelope Island, on the east side of the Great Salt Lake, can be biked virtually year round.
Early spring and late fall are best.
The island tends to be buggy in late spring and early summer.
In summer, ride the day after a rain storm -- the rain hardens the loose debris kicked up by horses on the trails.
Bruce rolls westbound on a smoother section of the Lakeside trail in 2017.
Ride from Bridger Bay to Elephant Head.
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The Lakeside Trail is an excellent challenge for skilled rock-riders.
Intermediates can still enjoy the trail by walking their bikes through the tough sections.
There are 3 miles of curving single-track beginning at the campground at Bridger Bay on the far north end of the island, and extending to the White Rock Campground on the west side.
North (Bridger Bay) trailhead GPS N 41� 02.394' W 112� 15.727'.
South (White Rock Bay) trailhead GPS N 41� 01.669' W 112� 15.060'.
Handlebar view on Lakeside.
No way forward except over the rocks.
The White Rock loop starts at the backcountry trailhead south of the White Rock campground.
The lariat loop is 6.5 miles with around 600 vertical feet of climbing.
This is the least techy ride on the island, so it attracts the most riders.
Heading through the backcountry gate to White Rock.
There are maps of the trail options at the kiosk.
Straight ahead is Bone Road, to the left is White Rock.
The southeast corner of the White Rock loop has a doubletrack connector to southern Bone Road for those who are continuing to Elephant Head or Split Rock.
Dominic rides through the quartzite boulders on the sideslope of White Rock.
Split Rock is a 5 mile doubletrack that descends from the ridgeline east of Elephant Head to the shoreline, then climbs back out.
The route isn't really techy, it's just steep.
You'll climb a steep hill to get to the loop, then climb an even steeper hill to get back out once you drop down to Split Rock.
Just a few feet after crossing the ridge, the doubletrack splits.
This is the loop.
The climb out of Split Rock Bay is easiest when done in the clockwise direction.
So after you pass Elephant Head, keep left for the descent.
Grunting uphill.
Not the steepest part of the ride.
Elephant Head is an intermediate-tech singletrack that forks off the Bone Road trail on the ridgeline (just before Bone Road descends to the Split Rock loop).
It's a 2.8-mile out-and-back to a viewpoint.
Banging through some of the white rock on the ridgeline.
Black rock coming up.
The East Side trail is singletrack curving along the eastern shore of the island.
This is a flatter area with views of the Wasatch Front across the flat bay.
This trail is still being extended at the south end.
To find the trailhead, fork left as you reach the island (near the marina).
A tiny ways down the road, at the next fork, you'll find the trail on the left side of the road.
Parking island mountain road hack
