derstuka
04-21-2006, 06:40 AM
Well, any of you that heard about my trip, yep, you guessed it, we ended up in Vegas. We drove to Hurricane, checked in to our hotel, and it started raining off and on,. We found Shuntavi's shop and I bought a detailed map of the trails. Thanks Shuntavi for the hospitality. Then we went to Chili's in St George to kill time, and it started raining more and more. Then, I wake up a couple times in the night, and it is still raining, even when we got up. St George wasn't welcoming us, we had to do otherwise, or else we would be spending a weekend circle-jerking each other in the hotel room hiding from the rain. Soooooo, we cut our losses short, and drove to Boulder City, NV to ride Bootleg Canyon. Right after we got there, we started to ride up to the trailhead, but we stopped to ask a guy who was unloading his bike about the trail. As coincidence may have it, he was an old old friend from San Diego, who we haven't seen for like 5 years or more. How odd, huh? Small world! Anyways, he told us to ride with him and he would show us around. So us not being the hucker type (freerider), we started off on Mother, then Caldera, then Boyscout, then we bombed down Girlscout. It was a blast. Mother was fun, and had quite a few technical areas which you had to clean, or get off and walk. Caldera and Boyscout were fun as well, but Girlscout at the end was a blast. Downhill with awesome flow. Some of the corners are slighted banked and you can just rail them. Soo fun. It is easy to get to Bootleg. It located in Boulder City. Just take the 93/95 till it ends and turn left at Yucca street (watch for Taco Bell) and drive straight in.
Anywho, after that , he invited us to stay with him (but we ended up in a hotel, a Motel 6, right next to his work) and come by to his work at Boulder Station Casino. He is a bartender, and kept feeding us free drinks as long as we were pumping money into Keno.
Day 2 in Vegas. We drove over to the small small small town of Blue Diamond. Just take the 160 West (Blue Diamond Hwy) then right on Blue Diamond Rd, then a left into the town of Blue Diamond (watch for sign). We started a ride there from a bike shop called McGhies Bikes (I think). Anywho, we started from there, rode a trail called landmine (some was a little sand in spots, and I was told it gets worse during the summer), we then went up a hill called "Hurl Hill" and DAMN, was that a grinder!!! It was a technical grinder, with loose rocks/jagged rocks, rocks, rocks, rocks...it seemed to go on forever. We crested it, took some pictures, then bombed down a single track on the other side. We then tried to extend our ride by riding a reverse part of Landmne (that we had not rode yet) and combined it with Inner, Loop, and some other trail. Overall, Landmine and Hurl Hill was fun, and a workout, but besides that, the trail was not...how can I say...blowing up my skirt. We turned around on one trail after it was taking us out into the wasteland, with a 30-40 mph headwind, sand blowing, and the like.
It was a fun weekend, but, I am sure St George would have been a lot more. Think my next bit mtn biking trip will be Moab, I just love that place.
Enjoy the pictures. Oh, and I learned much more about Utah's odd liquor laws while getting a buzz in Chili's of St George.
Anywho, after that , he invited us to stay with him (but we ended up in a hotel, a Motel 6, right next to his work) and come by to his work at Boulder Station Casino. He is a bartender, and kept feeding us free drinks as long as we were pumping money into Keno.
Day 2 in Vegas. We drove over to the small small small town of Blue Diamond. Just take the 160 West (Blue Diamond Hwy) then right on Blue Diamond Rd, then a left into the town of Blue Diamond (watch for sign). We started a ride there from a bike shop called McGhies Bikes (I think). Anywho, we started from there, rode a trail called landmine (some was a little sand in spots, and I was told it gets worse during the summer), we then went up a hill called "Hurl Hill" and DAMN, was that a grinder!!! It was a technical grinder, with loose rocks/jagged rocks, rocks, rocks, rocks...it seemed to go on forever. We crested it, took some pictures, then bombed down a single track on the other side. We then tried to extend our ride by riding a reverse part of Landmne (that we had not rode yet) and combined it with Inner, Loop, and some other trail. Overall, Landmine and Hurl Hill was fun, and a workout, but besides that, the trail was not...how can I say...blowing up my skirt. We turned around on one trail after it was taking us out into the wasteland, with a 30-40 mph headwind, sand blowing, and the like.
It was a fun weekend, but, I am sure St George would have been a lot more. Think my next bit mtn biking trip will be Moab, I just love that place.
Enjoy the pictures. Oh, and I learned much more about Utah's odd liquor laws while getting a buzz in Chili's of St George.