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Each featured route includes driving directions and parking locations, but you can mountain bike many of Park City’s trails without ever using your car. Park City Transit is a free bus system, and its entire fleet is fueled by biodiesel. The bus routes and stops can drop you off at or near several popular trailheads. Eleven bus routes go from Summit Park to Deer Valley and all points between. Log onto the Bus Tracker page online at www.parkcity.org/departments/transit-bus or use the MyStop mobile app to track buses in real time.

The buses are bike friendly from early June until September 1. Only six bikes are allowed on the bus at a time (three on the front bike rack and three on board). The Park City Transit buses are so convenient that locals frequently do “bus laps,” where we can ride the bus over 1000 vertical feet above town, descend singletrack back to the bus stop, then do it all over again. It’s like a lift-served bike park, only with a bus, and it’s free.

The purple and orange routes to Deer Valley and Empire Pass offer the best options for a variety of mountain bike skill levels. Hop on the bus and ride it to Empire Pass (purple route) or Silver Lake at Deer Valley (orange route) and choose the ride down that’s right for you. Bus laps may be lazy, but sometimes we like to get our gravity fix without earning it.