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Bear's Best Black Diamond Loop

Mountain Biking Trail

Hard
14.02 mi
1,362 ft
Hit the best black diamond gems in the Bear's Best trail system.

The Bear's Best trail system is located on the southwestern corner of the Las Vegas Metro Area. This expansive trail system offers a serious spider web of interconnecting singletrack trails. It mashes into the Southwest Ridge trail system to such an extent that it can be difficult to tell where one trail system ends and the other begins. It can even be connected to the Cowboy Trails and the Blue Diamond Trails without much difficulty. In short, the web of trails on this side of Vegas offers a limitless number of ride options, of which this is just one.

The ride shown here hits some of the best black diamond trails on the Bear's Best end of the network. Most of the trails in this area are generally intermediate or beginner difficulty, so there are only a few black diamond gems... but two of them make it into this loop.

To reach the technical gems, you'll have to pedal out on flowier and easier singletrack trails, which in and of themselves are still excellent. (For a more intermediate-friendly ride, check out the [Perma Grin Figure-8](

The first Black Diamond gem is Get Schwifty. While this might in actuality be more accurately rated as a a light black or dark blue trail, the delightful exposure, chunky climbing, and expansive views make this pedally trail highly-entertaining.

Eventually, you'll reach Circus, which is where the real fun begins! This challenging trail drops down the bottom of a rock-filled wash, with cliffs flanking the trail and soaring high above. The bottom of the wash is filled with ledge drops, rippled rock slabs, and steep rock rolls that are guaranteed to keep even advanced riders entertained!

After finishing Circus, this route begins climbing again, making for the top of the ridge separating the trails from the city. Once on top of the ridge, you'll circle around a little bit before *ripping* back down on the Morgan's Mile trail. This chunky descent offers one blindingly-fast straight away that plummets down the ridge... but make sure you stay on the trail, because the drop-off to the right could ruin your year. Written by Greg Heil
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Route and Elevation

Segments

NameDistanceElev. Diff.Avg. Grade
BAWAL ANG SUPOT😝1.27 mi148 ft2.2%
BURAT ALLEY💪0.67 mi95 ft2.7%
First Dirt Extended0.41 mi52 ft2.4%
Show me whatchu got⚡🤴0.50 mi66 ft2.4%
First Dirt Variant0.33 mi30 ft1.7%
Around the Inside Up1.88 mi171 ft0.9%
TK up0.92 mi144 ft2.9%
T.K. TATLONG KIKI⬆️0.79 mi131 ft3.2%
Bench Mark downhill0.85 mi-89 ft-1.8%
Detour0.19 mi-46 ft-3.8%
Lower Swifty up to Man1.17 mi105 ft1.3%
Get Schwifty up from road 1.90 mi161 ft1.5%
Beats the road0.52 mi-85 ft-2.8%
Beats the road extended0.74 mi-72 ft-1.0%
Beats the Road Better0.40 mi-56 ft-2.6%
titty tripple0.64 mi118 ft2.8%
Le Cirque complet1.69 mi-328 ft-2.5%
Circus & waterfalls1.19 mi-240 ft-3.8%
make me laugh clown0.73 mi-167 ft-4.1%
The Circus1.44 mi-276 ft-3.4%
The Circus DH0.92 mi-164 ft-1.3%
Nice Curves UP1.01 mi197 ft3.3%
Curves up and Morgans down2.56 mi-417 ft-1.1%
Nice Curves (climb to flag)1.30 mi262 ft3.8%
Feel the Need for Speed1.55 mi-486 ft-5.9%
Morgan's from the flag1.22 mi-417 ft-6.4%
Flag DH1.27 mi-427 ft-6.3%
Morgan's Mile0.96 mi-384 ft-7.5%
Coming In Hot0.13 mi-75 ft-10.1%
Rocky Road0.15 mi-56 ft-6.5%
Short Happy Ending0.26 mi-33 ft-2.4%
See u later, alligator🐊0.69 mi-89 ft-2.5%
JAKULERO MAHULI🧴0.87 mi-98 ft-2.1%