River Mountains Loop Trail:
Nevada
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Description:
The River Mountains Loop Trail runs for about 35 miles on a loop surrounding the River Mountains, which form the backdrop of Las Vegas and Henderson. The trail connects Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Henderson and Lake Las Vegas. The River Mountains are home to one of the largest big horn sheep populations in Nevada, which you may encounter on this trail.

The River Mountains Loop Trail is 12 feet wide and paved, with an adjacent trail for equestrians for about 15 miles of its length. About 3.5 miles of the trail occupy the old bed of a railroad that once ran from Boulder City to Hoover Dam, supplying materials to build the dam. The River Mountains Loop Trail shares its southern section for a few miles with the Historic Railroad Hiking Trail. The two trails have a common trailhead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area visitor center on Lakeshore Road.

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Parking & Trail Access:
The River Mountains Loop Trail has many access points along its route. Some include:

1) Railroad Pass Hotel Casino, 2800 S. Boulder Hwy., Henderson; upper parking lot
2) Bootleg Canyon Park, Yucca St. & Nevada Hwy., Boulder City
3) Lake Mead NRA Visitor Center, Lakeshore Rd. & Nevada hwy
4) Lake Mead NRA Fee Station, Lake Mead Parkway going east out of Henderson & Lakeshore Rd.
5) Equestrian Park, Foothills Drive & Equestrian Drive, Henderson

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oct-2011
By jdoyle123 in December, 2011
My wife and I went to a conference in vegas. and one day rented bikes from:
J T's Bicycle, 76 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy # 130Henderson, NV 89012-5333
(702) 564-5345
jtsbicycle.com (GREAT PEOPLE!!) tell them folks from gainesville florida recommended)
The RMT had just been completed. It was awesome. beautiful scenary. medium challanging.
TRAILBEAR TAKES A LOOK - Looks ike a loop trail at last
By toolbear in October, 2011
10/2/11

We stopped by the RMLT to see how things were coming. With temps in the 90s and humidity like the midwest, any thoughts of riding went away, but we did a van survey. Pix are up.

I couldn't find anything official on the website, but The River Mountains Loop Trail now appears to be a loop trail. (RE: Website - the official map is dated 2008. That's current.)

There is a new section of trail along Lake Mead Blvd from Golda towards the lake. One underpass takes you to the north side of the road at Lakers and another brings you back within sight of the trail head by the NRA entrance station. The old trail across the hills awaits you there. No construction signs seen and there were riders. There is new Google Earth coverage from June 2011 and you can see the underpasses sitting there, waiting to go in.

Take a look: Take a look. Enter this in Google Earth: 36.098078° -114.903704°

GE also shows the new section across Boulder City. From the trailhead at Veterans it climbs to the new Bootleg Canyon park (lots of trees have been planted), goes past the circle, under the gravel pit, across the road to the MTB park, then descends the bajada in a series of curves.

Take a look. Enter this in Google Earth: 35.981701° -114.854181°

Ride on!

TrailBear
Waiting for fall to arrive. About two weeks late.
UPDATE: Missing Link construction is underway
By trailbear in May, 2011
5.23.2011

Check out this...



(Quite interesting - 40 photos of construction at the Missing Link.)


The Missing Link segment is well underway. This from the Friends of the River Mountains Loop Trail:

"Trail Construction On Segment 14 Proceeding Quickly

As noted in the April RMLT email, construction has begun on the final piece of the trail to complete the 34.5 mile loop. This 2.4 mile piece of the trail runs along Lake Mead Parkway near Lake Las Vegas. If you visit the area you will be detoured to a temporary road along Lake Mead Parkway. When this piece, "segment 14" finishes, we will have completed the "loop."

The picture below is one of several pictures taken by John Holman on River Mountains Loop Trail Facebook Wall. (Click on the name to go to the Facebook page.) The picture below shows the construction of the tunnel that will run under Lake Mead Parkway.

The tunnel walls are being prefabed on top of the road before being dropped into its new home under the roadway. The tunnels will be tall enough so that a rider on their horse can remain on their horse as they travel underneath the road. Construction for the two tunnels and 2.4 of paving is expected to be completed by August 26, 2011.

To see a map of the work area go to http://rivermountainstrail.org/. The first item is a map of the work area.

· River Mountains Loop Trail in Henderson Will Be Closed Starting Today (May 23, 2011)


A very popular piece of the RML trail between Equestrian Park and the "Silverman connector" will be rerouted for thirty days as the City of Henderson reinforces the flood control berm the trail rests on. We are sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause you. The work will take 30 days to complete. FEMA was out late last year in the Las Vegas valley checking flood control structures, berms, etc. The flood control berm was deemed to need additional work. Hopefully the work will be finished quickly and we can get back to enjoying this part of the trail."