Well, it turns out van life Vegas is a big deal!
There were tons of van lifers out near Red Rocks Canyon, and all over the Blue Diamond mountain biking trails. I guess you just have to get there before the heat roll in ?.
Van Life Vegas – CrossFit
Our van life Vegas week started off by rolling into the Boulder Beach Campground at Lake Mead. We needed a place close to SinCity CrossFit where we would be doing the CrossFit Age Group Qualifier workouts. Five workouts over two days is what we had planned, and ultimately were able to accomplish.
Mountain Biking Blue Diamond
After the CrossFit Qualifiers we turned our thoughts to mountain biking! With the 12 Hours of Mesa Verde coming up in a few weeks.
After finishing the last workout, we headed over to Blue Diamond at the Cottonwood Canyon trail system. See links below!
Unfortunately we picked a trail called The Hurl, which should have been called the “uphill walk”. The rocks were so loose that we literally could not ride the uphill, and I can’t imagine how someone could have.
Over the next couple days, we had some awesome coffee at the Cottonwood Station Eatery. The Eatery was literally at the start of the mountain biking trailheads, and awesome for a before or after ride coffee/food!
We also mountain biked the Flow Job trail which is full of amazing Red Rocks and mountainous 360 views!
Next up in Van Life
The Van Life Vegas trail is headed to Hurricane Utah for some posting up at the Hurricane Cliffs trailhead.
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Links from episode:
- Previously on This Week in Van Life… Lake Tahoe – MTB Carson City – Sportsmobile Pop Top Canvas Replaced
- Boulder Beach Campground https://www.nps.gov/lake/planyourvisit/boulder-beach.htm
- SinCity CrossFit https://sincitycrossfit.com/
- Cottonwood Station Eatery https://cottonwoodstationeatery.com/
- Cottonwood Valley Ride (Landmine Loop) https://www.trailforks.com/ridelog/view/37517856/
- Red Rock Campground https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/250877
- Cowboy Trail Ride (Flow Job) https://www.trailforks.com/ridelog/view/37606414/
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