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Trail Description:
A beautiful get away from the heat of the vegas vally all sommer long. Temps. as much as 20% cooler than the vally, and only 45 min. away! Steady climb on dirt road,no motorized vehicles,for 3 miles. The trail curves around and up to a flat stretch, from whitch you are now overlooking the ski area(wow).Another mile or so you reach the top where the trail loops left.Here you may need to carry your bike over some rocks for about 50 yards, no big deal, totally worth it!From here it is great single track over roots, little drop offs through aspen trees.In early spring, before June, there is water flowing accross the trail to cool off in!The trail puts you out at the ski areas parking lot with a short ride down to where we park. Last week we rode up on a family of deer,all in all a great ride!
How to get there:
Take hwy. 95 north to the lee canyon turn off. Go up almost all the way to the ski area you see a red round house on the left. Turn right there up a small road to the dirt parking lot.
Additional Notes:
Weekdays are great for having it all to yourself!
| Posted by: Tom Henderson on 9/30/2009 |
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Good ride. The fire road is a nice easy warm up,
next time I will ride up the downhill and just make
it a there and back. Or maybe I will ride up the
downhill then nuke down the fire road. Maybe Ill do
both because it is a bit of a short ride.
Left Vegas and it was 80 degrees, by the time i got
up there it was 40 degrees. It was certainly nice to
be in some cool weather. I got there right at
sunset, so by the time I got to the top of the fire
road it was completely dark and I had to use my
head lamp for the downhill! It was a nice change up
for the ride. I think next full moon I am going to
do a full night ride.
All in all a fun ride, do it to get outta the city
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| Posted by: Ronnie on 7/13/2009 |
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need to get there early less dog walkers to run over. fun ride lots of pic
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| Posted by: Aaron on 6/14/2009 |
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Great Trail ride. Rather than make it a loop go up the single track and back down the same way. Its definately more scenic that way. This is a quick ride, great if you are up there to camp already. Fun single track. I would say this is most scenic trail in Southern, NV.
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| Posted by: Tyler on 5/16/2009 |
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fun fun fun. More up hill than down. But its worth it for sure. Make sure you start at the lower bristlecone to make your climb easier and down hill a lot better. Enjoi
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| Posted by: Rod on 8/16/2007 |
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Hi. This an edit to my previous post...I had put that the climb was 4.2 miles, but I forgot that I started my computer at the parking lot by the ski lodge and then rode down to the trail head/fireroad. So the climb is a bit shorter, Maybe half mile +/-.
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| Posted by: Rod on 8/15/2007 |
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Rode this trail last weekend, the climb is 4.2 miles and a good cardio workout. The downhill is the pretty part as already mentioned, it is only 2.4 miles long and has a few fun technical spots. Go early in the morning or on a weekday, other wise you will run into hikers every hundred feet which means you never really can get up to speed and enjoy the downhill. Over all a decent ride though...leaves you wanting more downhill for all the uphill work you just did.
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| Posted by: Liane on 6/10/2007 |
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The trail has beautiful scenery, but is pretty technical. It was not very thrilling to have to ride uphill for 3 miles of the trail, but the downhill payout was pretty fun. Just be careful because there are several sharp turns and high tree roots that can be challenging. Overall a pretty fun ride.
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| Posted by: matt flores on 1/18/2007 |
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This trail is a sweet little ditty. Perfect for a few rings around in the tree. A kind of dull climb on an old road leads to a fun single track. Watch out for hikers as the downhill is narrow and has a few switchbacks.
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| Posted by: Micha on 9/19/2006 |
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everything that was involved in getting to the fun part of the trail, really decreased its enjoyabilty for me. it took a long damn time to drive there and the hill climbing up was long and boring. once you get past bonanza trail thats about where it starts to get fun. ironicly, the prettiest part of the trail is on the down hill side where youre going so fast you cant really see it. yes the technicle aspects of it were fun, i smiled and laughed and almost flew off some corners, and if it were closer to town i would probably do it again, but deffinatly not worth the drive and climb to have 10 min of down hill. and be sure to start at the lower trailhead. enjoy : )
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| Posted by: BIll on 9/24/2003 |
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This is a pretty fun trail. Good way to get out of the summer heat. This was my first ride in over a year I was huffing and puffing for a little while then I was off.
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