Spruces Nordic ski trail is a 5K loop in the US Forest Service Spruces campground in Big Cottonwood Canyon. It is groomed several times each week. It is a very pretty track through the trees, with loops that are fun and challenging for experienced skiers and areas that are fun for children and novices.
This is watershed. No dogs on the trails or in your car.
Parking at Spruces
Cars parked in the Spruces must either have one of the following passes displayed, or pay on-site or online for the day/s parked.
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 3 – Day Pass – $10.00
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 7 – Day Pass- $20.00
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache Annual Pass- $60.00
- America the Beautiful National Parks Pass (Annual, Senior Annual or Lifetime, Military Annual or Lifetime, Interagency Access, Interagency 4th Grade Pass with a voucher).
3 and 7-day passes are valid for consecutive days and can be purchased online here, at a Uinta-Wasatch Cache National Forest District Ranger office, and there are posters with QR codes at Spruces that you can scan with your phone and pay.
The Spruces weather station is right next to the track. It has information on temperature and snow depth.
Most recent Grooming Report
Location
To get to Spruces, head up Big Cottonwood Canyon. Spruces parking lot is on the south side of the highway, about one mile past the large parking area of Mill D summer trails.
Trail Map
