Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Sandy Valley, Nevada

This is a short connector trail used to connect the Ridge Trail to the Pants Loop. Although only 3 miles long, it runs through a variety of terrain, including a mix of soft dirt, sandier dirt, and hard-packed dirt with loose rock. It dips in and out of rocky ravines and washes and also runs elevated...
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Ride this fun short single track to connect the Ridge Trail to the Pants Trail and make a fun day ride in this trail system southeast of Pahrump, NV. This is a narrow single track with a mix of soft dirt and hard-packed dirt covered in small loose sharp rocks. Some sections of the trail are smooth a...
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The Potosi Tower Road is a 14.6 out and back trail that goes to a great overlook of the Las Vegas Strip and Potosi Mountain. Built as a service road for the multiple communication towers on the ridge line, this trail is suitable for any 4WD vehicles. Many switchbacks and sweeping views of the high d...
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The Pants Connector Trail is an 8.6-mile single-track connection between the Pants Loop Trail and the Ridge Trail. Riding NE to SW, it departs from the east end of the Pants Loop at an intersection marked with a cairn and heads southwest. The beginning of the trail is hardpacked dirt with small loos...
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The Ridge Trail is a single-track trail starting off of Sandy Valley Fwy, a jeep road that starts off of Tecopa Road, in the BLM area southeast of Pahrump, NV. The northern trailhead starts on soft bentonite dirt with a few whoops. It turns into a rocky wash and steadily starts to gain some elevatio...
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This route begins at Kingston Wash Road and ends at Mesquite Valley Road, following a mix of aging, broken pavement, gravel stretches, and sections of loose rock. Much of the drive is easy, making it an enjoyable run across varied terrain. Sweeping desert vistas are the norm on this route as you cli...
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The Pants Trail is probably one of the more popular trails in this trail system SE of Pahrump, NV. It's a fun and flowy 6-mile trail that has fewer loose rocks than the rest of the trails in the area. This is a faster trail because it's mostly smooth, straight, and flat. From the south trailhead, it...
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This short single track is a fun ride in the Pahrump BLM through a wide-open desert landscape full of Yucca and Joshua Trees. It's a fast and flowy single track that is mostly smooth and easy. It crosses several sudden dips into ravines that you have to watch out for. The south end of this trail com...
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Pants Trail East is one of several fast and fun desert single tracks in this trail system SE of Pahrump, NV accessed off of Tecopa Road. This one is very similar to Pants Trail and can be ridden in connection with the Pants Loop and Andys TK2 and 3 for a fun loop. From the north end of the trail, it...
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The Pant's Loop is one of the longer trails in this trail system, starting off of Cathedral Canyon Road and ending on Pahrump Road. It's a fast desert trail running through a Joshua Tree Forest with rugged desert mountains on all sides of you. The trail is narrow; only a foot wide or tire wide at pa...
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Cottonwood Pass runs north and south through the Spring Mountain and Red Rock conservation areas just west of Las Vegas, NV. From Blue Diamond Road, you can take Cottonwood Pass all the way to Goodsprings, NV. Once you get down there, stop at the Pioneer Saloon for a good burger or visit some old hi...
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The Andy Tk2 trail is a fast and flowy ride through a mix of soft bentonite dirt hills and hardpack single track. The trail flows up and over these hills and into ravines, through a wide open desert landscape full of small bushes and cacti. The south end of the trail begins at the intersection with ...
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This is an easy trail from the highway onto the Black Velvet Road. Head in a short distance to an area to air down. After airing down, the trail has a few small obstacles with easy bypasses. Most of the trail is easy gravel with a few sections of rock gardens, a few wash crossings, and some washboar...
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This trail is between Mountain Springs and Pahrump, just outside of Las Vegas a quick 45-minute drive west on N-160 Blue Diamond Highway. Which will turn into the Pahrump Valley Highway. Turning Left off the highway onto Tecopa we drove about a mile and the trailhead come up on your left. If you con...
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Al's Street is a 5-mile single track on the north side of Tecopa Road in the BLM land southeast of Pahrump, NV. The south end of the trail is accessed off of Front Site Road and starts right at the edge of the pavement. There isn't a staging area right at the trailhead, so you'll most likely want to...
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This short trail runs from Lovell Canyon Road to Highway 160. You can go in either direction, though I went from Highway 160 to Lovell Canyon. You turn off the highway right onto this trail, and there are no gates or barriers to entry at the time of this writing. If you are headed towards Vegas from...
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This is just a cut-off route from Blue Diamond BLM Access to Restless Road that takes you back to State Highway 160 or over to Cottonwood Pass Trail. It's only a bit over half a mile with pleasant desert views. A high-clearance vehicle is needed for this cut-off.
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This trail marks the starting course for the SNORE 250, delivering a true off-road racing experience. Expect classic racecourse conditions, including loose rocks, deep whoops, and fast, flowing sections that invite full-send moments. The terrain constantly challenges both driver and machine, making ...
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This is a fun trail from the south end of Pahrump out to Prairie Fire, formerly known as Front Sight Road. From Front Sight Rd you can go right and head towards Prairie Fire, head left towards Tecopa Highway, or go straight across the road to Cathedral Canyon. This is mostly an easy desert trail wit...
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This short single track is located in the BLM land southeast of Pahrump, NV as part of a bigger trail system full of fast, fun, and flowy single tracks. Starting from the west end of this trail, the trail departs from a graded jeep road where there is an abandoned red 5 horsepower lawnmower thing wi...
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The Potosi Tower Road is a 14.6 out and back trail that goes to a great overlook of the Las Vegas Strip and Potosi Mountain. Built as a service road for the multiple communication towers on the ridge line, this trail is suitable for any 4WD vehicles. Many switchbacks and sweeping views of the high d...
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This route begins at Kingston Wash Road and ends at Mesquite Valley Road, following a mix of aging, broken pavement, gravel stretches, and sections of loose rock. Much of the drive is easy, making it an enjoyable run across varied terrain. Sweeping desert vistas are the norm on this route as you cli...
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Cottonwood Pass runs north and south through the Spring Mountain and Red Rock conservation areas just west of Las Vegas, NV. From Blue Diamond Road, you can take Cottonwood Pass all the way to Goodsprings, NV. Once you get down there, stop at the Pioneer Saloon for a good burger or visit some old hi...
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This trail is between Mountain Springs and Pahrump, just outside of Las Vegas a quick 45-minute drive west on N-160 Blue Diamond Highway. Which will turn into the Pahrump Valley Highway. Turning Left off the highway onto Tecopa we drove about a mile and the trailhead come up on your left. If you con...
Learn more about Hafen Spanish to Old Spanish

The Potosi Tower Road is a 14.6 out and back trail that goes to a great overlook of the Las Vegas Strip and Potosi Mountain. Built as a service road for the multiple communication towers on the ridge line, this trail is suitable for any 4WD vehicles. Many switchbacks and sweeping views of the high d...
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This route begins at Kingston Wash Road and ends at Mesquite Valley Road, following a mix of aging, broken pavement, gravel stretches, and sections of loose rock. Much of the drive is easy, making it an enjoyable run across varied terrain. Sweeping desert vistas are the norm on this route as you cli...
Learn more about Excelsior Mine Road

This trail is between Mountain Springs and Pahrump, just outside of Las Vegas a quick 45-minute drive west on N-160 Blue Diamond Highway. Which will turn into the Pahrump Valley Highway. Turning Left off the highway onto Tecopa we drove about a mile and the trailhead come up on your left. If you con...
Learn more about Hafen Spanish to Old Spanish

This short trail runs from Lovell Canyon Road to Highway 160. You can go in either direction, though I went from Highway 160 to Lovell Canyon. You turn off the highway right onto this trail, and there are no gates or barriers to entry at the time of this writing. If you are headed towards Vegas from...
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