The Best Mountain Biking Trails in Nevada

The McCullough Hills trails provide a fantastic outlet for beginner and intermediate mountain bikers looking to enjoy endless trails looping through the desert without the brutality of negotiating the endless seas of sharp rocks that you'll find on many of the other trails near Las Vegas....

This short 4-mile loop combining the "Mustang Loop" and "Beginner Loop" trails is indeed the perfect place to take beginner mountain bikers! The singletrack here is smooth and almost entirely bereft of rocks and technical obstacles, allowing beginner riders to focus on the unusual feeling of riding a bicycle on a narrow dirt trail....

The Jackrabbit Loop is the best beginner-friendly loop through what's referred to as either the "Jackrabbit Trails" or the "Logandale Trails," depending on who you ask. The ride begins by climbing the Warmup Loop trail, then connects to the core Jackrabbit Loop....

The Cottonwood Valley trail system is anchored by the tiny town of Blue Diamond, just outside of suburban Las Vegas. Directly from "downtown" Blue Diamond, you can pedal into this fantastic network of flowy singletrack trails running through the high desert hills....

Flow Job ranks as one of the all-time favorite trails among Las Vegas locals. This incredible flowy descent traces its way down the spine of a ridge before ripping along an undulating singletrack bench that will have you whooping and hollering the entire way! There's very little in the way of technical challenge on this trail, and yet the ecstasy of flow will delight every mountain biker that ventures here! Since Flow Job traverses the spine of a ridge, you'll enjoy stunning views in all directions the entire time....

The Mount Charleston area is Las Vegas's bonafide big mountain shuttle zone. While you won't find any epic long-distance shuttles with dozens of miles of singletrack and a vertical mile of descending, you *can* shred down a cool 2,000 vertical feet in a few minutes on several steep shots of singletrack....

To head deep into the hills above Blue Diamond, check out this delightful loop on Dead Horse to 3 Mile Smile. This intermediate-friendly ride is mapped as departing from the Late Night Trailhead, but it can be ridden in conjunction with the classic Blue Diamond loop for a much longer cross country ride, if desired....

For a fun, quick ride on the southwest corner of Vegas, take Step Mom, Your Mom, and Alice for a spin. You'll find this short, beginner-friendly loop on the northern end of 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....

Berms in the desert?! Yes, you'll find sections of beautiful machine-built flow trail on this desert mountain bike loop—and so much more! The Jackrabbit Loop is the best beginner-friendly loop through what's referred to as either the "Jackrabbit Trails" or the "Logandale Trails," depending on who you ask....

Flow Job ranks as one of the all-time favorite trails among Las Vegas locals. This incredible flowy descent traces its way down the spine of a ridge before ripping along an undulating singletrack bench that will have you whooping and hollering the entire way! There's very little in the way of technical challenge on this trail, and yet the ecstasy of flow will delight every mountain biker that ventures here! Since Flow Job traverses the spine of a ridge, you'll enjoy stunning views in all directions the entire time....

The Mount Charleston area is Las Vegas's bonafide big mountain shuttle zone. While you won't find any true long-distance shuttles with dozens of miles of singletrack and over a vertical mile of descending, you can still shred down a cool 2,000 vertical feet in a few minutes on several steep shots of singletrack....

The Mount Charleston area is Las Vegas's bonafide big mountain shuttle zone. While you won't find any true long-distance shuttles with dozens of miles of singletrack and over a vertical mile of descending, you can still shred down a cool 2,000 vertical feet in a few minutes on several steep shots of singletrack....

Bootleg Canyon is renowned for rocky, challenging singletrack, regardless of whether you're shredding on a big downhill bike or pedaling a long-distance cross-country loop. While you can never escape the rocks entirely, this loop on Par None, IMBA, and POW avoids most of the rocks for an intermediate-friendly ride that can be lapped multiple times for more mileage....

Bootleg Canyon is renowned for rocky, challenging singletrack, regardless of whether you're shredding on a big downhill bike or pedaling a long cross country loop. When it comes to shuttle runs, several trails drop off the top of the mountain, plummeting straight down the front side via gnarly double black diamond trails....

Say "Las Vegas" and people immediately think of gaming tables. But just outside of the gambling center of the universe is an adventure of a different type. Bootleg Canyon. It’s near Boulder City—just up the highway from Vegas—and offers a rough and tumble moonscape of singletrack burned into the Nevada desert that will challenge your skill and leave you screaming out loud: “Vegas, baby!” This trail is about rocks....

Southwest Ridge rises prominently directly above the (you guessed it) southwest suburbs of the Las Vegas metro area. From the top of the ridge, you can see the entire metropolis spread out below you and distinctly pick out specific casinos from the skyline of the Strip on the other side of town....

Southwest Ridge rises directly above the southwest suburbs of the Las Vegas metro area. From the top of the ridge, you can see the entire metropolis spread out below you, and distinctly pick out specific casinos from the skyline of the Strip....

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....

Bootleg Canyon is renowned for rocky, challenging singletrack, regardless of whether you're shredding on a big downhill bike or pedaling a long cross country loop. When it comes to shuttle runs, several trails drop off the top of the mountain, plummeting straight down the front side via gnarly double black diamond trails....