Possible Trip...Bootleg Canyon near Las Vegas...

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Bootleg Canyon is exactly near Boulder City, Nevada about 40 minutes from Las Vegas. I never been to Las Vegas or anywhere in that area before so I am looking forward to it. The farthest I have gone down south was St. George, UT, well, been to Grand Canyon and Phoenix but not in Las Vegas. I googled "bike trails near Las Vegas, NV" then it came out a few trails and the most funner and popular trails I looked at was the Bootleg Canyon trail system. It is famous for both cross country and downhill mountain biking. They have a downhill trails for downhill bikes only area and a lot of cross country trails surrounding it. For downhill bikes, they have shuttles to take them to the top. For me, there are plenty of cross country trails to ride on. It is very warm down there this time of the year so I am guessing by April, it will be 80-85 degrees. My family wants to go down during spring break in April and see Las Vegas. If we go down I will be biking in Bootleg Canyon while they see the Boulder City Dam and other stuff. So, it's possible. I will be racing in St. George, UT in March and in Hurricane, UT in April so it will be fun to go down south a lot while it's warm.

Clear pictures for you smog/inversion people...

Mt. Nebo

Sanpete Valley

Mt. Timpinogous in the center distance

A better view of Sanpete Valley

I climbed that mountain on a pair of snowshoes to get to the top to take the dang pictures for you people.

It was fun. There were quite a lot of snowmobilers and snowboarders at Fairview Canyon and it was warm, I even saw a boarder wearing a wife beater's shirt. I went out in the backcountry to get away from all the crowds, a nice day today.

Turning your mountain bike into a snowmobile? Use the Ktrak!

I had a dream about these things lastnight so then I googled it and I would like to get one of these and they look pretty dang fun. There are a lot of snowmobile trails up in the mountains and snow covered roads and trails around here you can ride this thing on. I saw one of these in the bike shop last year and they were pretty expensive but now I googled it and they are for sale for $449 for the track and ski kit to hook on your mountain bike. It is called the Ktrak. The price is not that bad and it is probably something to think about getting for next winter. Maybe it would be a little cheaper by next year. I can think about many routes I can go on with this thing and think about how fun it would be with the snow for a change. It would only add five pounds to your bike and keep winter alive! Looks funner than snowshoeing!

What I missed out...

This is what I missed out in the summer of '99 while I was on my mission in the Northwest! Oh dear. Now I have to go back and do some riding! All I did was ride on the paved roads to people's houses and I missed out all of this?