We have skied and mapped a path from the parking area at the Midway intersection (of UT-14 and 148 at about mile 18 on UT-14) to the parking area at Deer Valley (at about mile 22.8 on UT-14). This path runs across the Midway Valley meadow south of UT-14 at 9800 ft. elevation, up and down an old logging road, then over the mountain at 9900 ft., then down to Deer Valley at 9500 ft. On the way, it passes through scenic views on logging roads, meadows and trees, all in Dixie National Forest. It is a beautiful afternoon's ski for intermediate level XC yuppie skiers that want to go only one way, parking cars at both ends, totalling about 4.5 miles one way. Or, for real XC skiers it is a nice day ski of about 9 miles (15 Km) round trip.

We recommend that you try this path (not a trail -- it is unmarked and ungroomed) with a GPS device having at least half of the waypoints (see maps below), unless you are already familiar with the path. There are many other possible ways to get from Midway to Deer Valley and we are not sure which is the best, easiest, fastest, or scariest.

The difficulty level, overall, is intermediate. Much of the route is easy, but when going from Midway Valley to Deer Valley, there are two places that skiers should watch out for:
    (1) Between waypoints MD6 and MD7, as you near MD7 the road seems to disappear into a grove of trees. One must either track through the trees and down a slope to get to MD7 or skirt around to the left of the grove of trees and then bear right to reach MD7.
    (2) Between waypoints MD8 and MD9 there is a long 8-9 percent downslope of about 0.4 miles, down a road and then winding through trees down a draw into the Deer Valley flat region. As you start down the draw, avoid a big slump hole that may be dangerous. We usually ski to the right of the hole, staying well away from it, as we start down the draw.