Best Bike Trails Las Vegas - Landmine Loop Trail - Blue Diamond, NV - Cottonwood Valley Trails - MTB

In this video I traveled to Blue Diamond, Nevada which is just about 35 mins from my home in Henderson Nevada or about 25 mins from the Las Vegas strip. The city of Blue Diamond has only about 260 residents, but it lies right in the middle of over 70 of the best mountain bike trails in the Las Vegas area. This trail region is called the Cottonwood Valley Trail System.

LANDMINE LOOP TRAIL: The trail I road during this video is called The Landmine Loop Trail. This trail offers the main access to the rest of Blue Diamond/Cottonwood Valley trails. It's a pretty decent climb and a fun and challenging downhill when you're headed back in. Don't forget to look up and look around.. you can get some great views of the red hills of the canyon. This trail is mainly dirt and rock but it can get technical at times. You can split off this trail at any time to find some more fun dirt or use it to do laps around the mountain. This trail is 7.2 miles long with 511 ft of climbing. There is really nothing to technical about this trail. There are a lot of large boulders on the backside of the trail which might make beginner riders nervous. The boulders are how Landmine Loop got its name actually. The average time to complete the trail is 1 hour but on an eMTB you can do it in 45 mins or less easily.

Finding the trailhead is a little tricky. You will need to ride from the parking area through some residential streets to get to the starting point. Use Trailforks as a guide and she should have no problem. There is also full cellphone service through most of the Cottonwood Valley region.

NOTE: You can also connect from this trail to make a large loop of 9.5 miles. That trail is called "The Blue Diamond Loop".

TRAIL INFO: https://www.trailforks.com/trails/lan... & https://www.trailforks.com/route/blue...

PARKING TIP: There is a Trek bike repair and bike rental shop in Blue Diamond with a lot of parking spots. This is a great spot to park and socialize with other MTB riders. This parking area fills up quick on good weather weekends so if you can't find a spot there, park near the baseball field/community park.

BIKE SHOP: There is a Trek bike repair and bike rental shop in Blue Diamond. They rent MTB's, EMTBS, Road Cycling bikes, as well as carry a decent amount of the common parts. They also do repairs on site and have tools, water, air, and bike washing stations. This shop is not open every day so check their site for more info: https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/re...

RESTAURANT: There is a bike friendly restaurant right next to the Trek bike shop. Cottonwood Station is a local scenic eatery which attracts many hikers, mountain bike riders, road cyclists from around the world. See their website for more info: https://cottonwoodstationeatery.com/

If you have questions about this trip/ride please feel free to ask them in the comments.

MY BIKE: Luna Cycle X1 Enduro Electric Mountain Bike (EMTB) - https://lunacycle.com

FOR VIDEO NERDS: I tested shooting this video with my Insta 360 One R in Log mode (or flat color mode). Unfortunately, my drone does not have a flat color mode. Thus trying to color grade the videos from both cameras turned out to be a challenge. I find it easier to leave the Insta 360 One R in Vivid Color mode instead of Log mode because the color closely matches the drone footage with only some minor adjustments. I just ordered another One R with a 1" lens mod. I will be testing that later this week. I hope to have a wider prespective, with better dynamic range, and better clarity in sunset/low light conditions.

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