After the small snowfall in the mountains east of Vegas, we waited a few days for the trails to dry out. We still got muddy. The Cowboy Trails aren’t new to us, we rode her back in one of our first years traveling full time…here’s that post. It was a brisk morning and the parking …
The mountains above Vegas got a quick snowfall that really highlighted the colors and textures in the canyons. We hiked a challenging loop out into Red Rock Canyon State Park. This loop is not maintained and dives directly into the rugged, isolated heart of the Calico Hills requiring hands-on scrambling across the iconic red and …
During our 7+ years of full time rv living and traveling we’ve passed through the Vegas area several times. There is really great mountain biking on the outskirts by Red Rock Canyon and we rode there a couple more times this past week. Blue Diamond, originally called Cottonwood Springs, served as a stop on the …
Winter boondocking is all about stalling out in warmer areas and chasing sun. We run off solar so it’s important to have sun! After consulting weather apps we made a decision. Two weeks outside Vegas lets us get some maintenance done on the trailer (thank god for mobile rv techs). First up, we hiked Middle …
This is our second time riding these trails and we had just as much fun. I looked back at our blog and last time we rode this was in April 2022 when we passed through the area. Kershaw-Ryan State Park is an oasis in the desert, a sharp contrast to the rugged landscape that surrounds …
Barnes Canyon is another riding area in Caliente, Nevada. We rode most of the trails out there last time we came through the area and had fun so we rode the same loop this time too. I like the terrain at Barnes Canyon for it’s variation. Not only are there sustained climbs and descents, but …
Cathedral Gorge’s beauty began with explosive volcanic activity that, with each eruption, deposited layers of ash hundreds of feet thick. About five million years after the eruptions ceased, block faulting, a fracture in the bedrock that allows the two sides to move opposite each other, shaped the mountains and valleys prevalent in Nevada today. This faulting …
Caliente, Nevada isn’t new to us, we passed through here a couple years ago and rode a lot of the trails in the area. For a tiny town surrounded by not much, there is a good amount of fun riding and we stopped back through on our annual southern migration. Last time we rode the …
The Lehman Cave system began forming around 550 million years ago while the area was still submerged in a relatively warm, shallow ocean. As sediment layers built up on the bottom of this sea, limestone was formed from the silt, sand and skeletal remains of sea life. The limestone was greatly compressed as a result of the pressure of the …
There is a fun little trail around the rocks and hills of Sacramento Pass. We hiked this loop on our last day in the area and it has some really interesting features. You can mountain bike it too, but it would be pretty tough. The loop is a mix of trail and rocks with one …