| Cutler Trail and Bicentennial Trail (1) | | Length: 5 miles, one way | Difficulty: Difficult | | Elevation: 5,800' to 8,100' | Trail surface: Dirt |    | | Trail status: Open | | Trail summary:
Climb to Ben Lomond peak with the Cutler Trail. Take an easy 3-mile loop around North Fork Park with the Bicentennial Trail. This is also the steepest of three routes to the top of Ben Lomond from Ogden Valley.
| Description:
The Cutler Trail is the steepest of the three routes to Ben Lomond that originate in Ogden Valley--but, it's the shortest, too (the other two are Ben Lomond Trail and North Skyline Trail). After about two miles there is a fork in the trail. Go right, just after which you'll come to Cutler Spring with a small pond. This area, Cutler Basin, is some of the most spectacular country in the Wasatch. Besides being steep, the trail is rocky, so it's no good for biking.
The Bicentennial Trail is an easier 3-mile loop through oak brush and woods in the lower country.
| Trailhead location:
The trail head is unmarked, but with these directions you should be able to find it with no problem--heading north on the North Fork Park Road (in Liberty), pass by the first two park entrances and turn left at the north entrance. At about the 1/2-mile mark, you'll come to a T intersection. Take a left. A short distance later go left at a hairpin turn and come to a metal gate. Park here and walk up the road (past the gate). After 2/10 of a mile turn west; the trail begins behind a big boulder.
| Trail history:
Cutler Trail takes its name from Cutler Basin, an alpine saddle lying between Ben Lomond and Willard Peaks. You can still see remains of fencing along the trail, where early settlers graved livestock in the summer months.
The Bicentennial Trail was created in 1976 in honor of our nation's 200th birthday.
| Animals you may see:
Moose-and lots of them. So, please, be careful and give them a wide berth. Also, mountain lions and mountain goats (they're white, and can stand/sit so still that you might think they're a rock). Plus, deer, fox, racoons, and lots of different bir
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