“May Day” may be a call of distress but is also the beginning of our warm season here and time for our Echo Valley Tour, a delightful tour with varied scenery up through the Echo Valley from near Jordanelle, by Rockport and Echo Reservoirs then through the Canyon to Morgan.
The route will begin at the familiar east parking lot of the Hogel Zoo (2600 Sunnyside Ave S, Salt Lake City, UT 84108) at 10:00 and wind up and over Emigration Canyon to Little Reservoir and I-80, 15 mi. over Parleys Summit to Silver Creek Junction just east of Park City for our Drain & Gain. Now we head a bit down 40/189 to Exit 4 toward Kamas but just briefly and left on Browns Canyon and up to Rockport Res and continuing to Echo Res. Then west by Hennifer and at Croydon enter 84 and immediately enter the viewing area of Devil’s Slide. After a short stop we’ll continue 8 mi. into Morgan and our picnic stop at the Riverside Park, 140 N 250 E. Length of Tour is approx. 73 mi / 2hrs.
From this point back to SLC you can either proceed on 84 to South Ogden and take 89 south or from Morgan 66 to East Canyon and 80 to SLC, a Touring Delight on its own. To return to Park City east on 84 then west on I-80 and Silver Creek Junction.
There are a few twists but we’ll be easily together for the turns and of course away from the freeways on this 2hr tour. These are the side roads along I-80 from Park City up to Echo, a most picturesque valley then west to Morgan. Aside from the 15 miles over Parleys Summit to Silver Creek Junction this is a most leisurely peaceful Tour.
**Note: On the grade up Parleys I plan to maintain 60 mph in the far right with my flashers on.