Most of the route is through scrub brush but there is some more substantial timber. The road is comprised of three, sometimes steep, gravel forest service roads that can be rough and washboarded. Along the 11-mile drive are picnic areas and campgrounds, the ski resorts of Snowbird and Alta and access to hiking trails. Mill Creek Canyon Road 18 mile rountrip 45 min. This wonderfully pleasant and easy drive winds through heavy forests past lots of picnic areas and hiking trails.
Wildflowers crowd the road in late summer.
This backway follows the original route of the Donner-Reed Expedition of 1846. It climbs through Emmigration Canyon east fo Salt Lake City and then descends to Hwy 65. It ends at popular 680 acre East Canyon Reservoir. .