The Utah Valley Trails Alliance (UVTA) is an advocacy group that brings together citizens and government land managers (city, state, and federal) to develop a trail network in the foothills of Utah County that is legal, sustainable, environmentally responsible, and available to a variety of trail users (equestrians, mountain bikers, trail runners, hikers, etc.).

We support trail recreation through planning, construction, maintenance, education, and stewardship. The Alliance is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Here's some ways you can get involved:

  • Come to a volunteer trail work day! See events below.
  • Follow us on Facebook for updates and discussion
  • Join UVTA, whether just to hear more about trail news or to join a volunteer committee
  • Donate, via Venmo, PayPal, or Trailforks Karma. 100% of all donations go directly towards trail improvements.

Events

September 14th: Trail volunteer day in the Timpanogos Wildlife Management Area, 8-11 AM

We'll be doing some maintenance to help with recent erosion and we may be rerouting a trail segment (creating new trail). Come join us!

Orem Cascade Drive Bonneville Shoreline Trailhead, about 1100 East Cascade Drive, Orem UT

As for any trail days, closed-toe shoes, gloves, pants, hats, and water are recommended. If you like, you can let us know you're coming on our Facebook event page.

October 12 or 19 (TBA): another Timp WMA service day, likely planting / habitat restoration

News

28 October 2023 - 6 November 2023 We planted - and later, watered - over 1,400 native shrub seedlings to restore habitat alongside trails in the Timpanogos Wildlife Management Area. This helped restore winter forage and erosion control in the area, which was damaged in the 2020 fire.

June 2023 Professional trail work, paid for by the Utah Department of Wildlife Services, improved trails in the Timpanogos Wildlife Management Area, especially the lower segments of the Cottontail, Lazuli, and Gopher Snake trails, improving grading and reducing erosion. This work had been envisioned by the original Timp WMA trail plan, which UVTA and the DWR created with public input in 2018.

1 May 2023 With the Forest Service and Utah DWR, we celebrated the opening of over 20 miles of newly-official trails in the Dry Canyon Trailhead in Lindon! Kiosk maps showing these trails were installed, and a good crew of volunteers helped improve an adjacent segment of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and clean up unwieldy junk around the trailhead. Signs for the newly-official trails followed.

22 April 2023 We participated with Conserve Utah Valley for an Earth Day "Slate Canyon Saturday." Among the well over a hundred who came to the broader event, a great crew of 25 helped improve a nearby segment of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.

23 December 2022 Congress passed the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Advancement Act as a (small) part of its omnibus appropriations bill. Among other things, this will enable the "LPW" social trail in Alpine to be officially designated as part of the BST. Here's more details from the State of the BST project.

17 June 2022 Three of our board members represented UVTA at the Utah Trails Forum Conference in Cedar City. This was a great opportunity to learn how other areas are successfully building and improving trails, brainstorm on how to solve common challenges, and we got some great field training on trail design and construction.

5 May 2022 UVTA was awarded a Utah Outdoor Recreation Grant for $51,000 (matched by Utah DWR, Lindon, Pleasant Grove, OYCA, and several donors) to rehabilitate several of our recently designated trails in the Timp Foothills Area. These funds will help us hire professional trail builders to work on trail segments with major erosion issues. Part of our matching was a commitment to do as much volunteer work as possible, so watch for future work days. Also, congratulations to Santaquin, Springville, and Alpine who also received trail-building grants!