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Bountiful City outlines general plan update and 34 miles of new trails, seeks Forest Service approvals
Summary
Bountiful City planners described an ongoing general plan update and recent trail construction—including 34 miles of new trails—and noted pending Forest Service approvals and private‑property negotiations for future connections.
Bountiful City senior planner Amber Corbridge told the Wasatch Front Regional Council Technical Advisory Committee that the city is finalizing a new general plan and has advanced an extensive trail program that has delivered dozens of miles of new routes.
"About us, we're at 45,762. That's from 2020 census," Amber Corbridge said, and later summarized the city's trail work: "To date, we have built 34 miles of various trail types." She said the city has 15,945 housing units shown in its draft materials and hopes to adopt the general plan this year.
The trail work traces to a 2016 trails committee and a 2019 master plan developed with Blue Line Design Consultants. Bountiful later contracted the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) for a conceptual trail map. Corbridge said the city submitted a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) package to the U.S. Forest Service in 2021 for segments including Mueller Park, Hidden Lakes and Temple Ridge, and that additional approvals remain pending for corridors that cross Forest Service land or private property.
Corbridge described recent funding awards and construction: she said Bountiful was awarded a $500,000 trail grant from UORG in 2022 and had an "approved bond of $8,000,000 for construction of a park in our city and for the improvement of our trails." Work begun in 2023 used IMBA's plan and produced a range of trail types, including multi‑use and mountain‑bike‑only downhill sections. Corbridge singled out a new downhill trail (referred to in presentation materials as 304305) and said it drew substantial early use, noting roughly "500 riders on Strava" in the first weeks after opening.
Corbridge said the city is designating some routes as hiking‑only or equestrian to reduce user conflicts and improve safety, and that Mahogany Ridge and other segments paused for winter will open this year. She identified a planning challenge: private property and Forest Service approvals are needed to connect Mueller Park trails to Holbrook Canyon and other areas, citing a specific corridor (labeled 409 in the presentation) as awaiting Forest Service sign‑off.
Corbridge offered to share a short video and the city's Instagram page for the Bountiful Trails advisory committee and agreed to send meeting follow‑up materials to WFRC staff for distribution.
Bountiful's presentation also noted the city is drafting a new land use map with "place types" such as foothill residential and downtown/transit‑ready areas; Corbridge said the future land use map remains in draft form and will be part of the general plan adoption process.
Looking ahead, Corbridge and WFRC attendees discussed continuing coordination with the Forest Service and private landowners, and the city plans to finish trail construction and secure outstanding approvals this year.
