Staying Home Sucks, home

Practice Loop

Mountain bike area · United States

Is it worth the trip?

92Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

4 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 61 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
31.7 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
11°C

Tue 3 · 60 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
25.8 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
9°C

Wed 4 · 61 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
13°C

Thu 5 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
11°C

Fri 6 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
12°C

Sat 7 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
11°C

Sun 8 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
11°C

Tap a day for the trail, the rain and the air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 142, poor
  2. Mon 261, good
  3. Tue 360, good
  4. Wed 461, good
  5. Thu 5100, good
  6. Fri 6100, good
  7. Sat 7100, good
  8. Sun 8100, good
  9. Mon 9100, good
  10. Tue 10100, good

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know trail closures, fallen trees or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Practice Loop
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Sun 1Nov*42, poorUnknown5.9 mm19.8 mm11°C
Mon 2Nov61, goodSlick31.7 mm0 mm11°C
Tue 3Nov60, goodSlick25.8 mm0 mm9°C
Wed 4Nov61, goodSlick0 mm0 mm13°C
Thu 5Nov100, goodTacky0 mm0 mm11°C
Fri 6Nov100, goodTacky0 mm0 mm12°C
Sat 7Nov100, goodTacky0 mm0 mm11°C
Sun 8Nov100, goodTacky0 mm0 mm11°C
Mon 9Nov100, goodTacky0 mm0 mm12°C
Tue 10Nov100, goodTacky0 mm0 mm14°C

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Trail is the soil that morning, from the rain before; rain in mm, air in °C. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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More mountain biking near here

3 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Practice Loop

Good all year. The nearest town to stay in is Brian Head.

  • Routes No mountain bike route is mapped here as a route.

From OpenStreetMap: the mountain bike routes mapped within 10 km.

Bike routes and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,370–US$2,500 each

about US$1,370–US$2,500 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, bike hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to SGU, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$221–US$456
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$255
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$348–US$583
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Bike hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$301–US$569
Totalabout US$1,370–US$2,500

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Brian Head

Closest

Brian Head

51 min by car · 20 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 20 places to stay in Brian Head · Booking.com

About Brian Head its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 7h 25m

About 7h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SGU, direct, then 1h 50m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.