When Cars And Motorcycles Are Not On The Trail, Bicycling River Mountains Loop Trail Is Great Experience

 

Bicycling in the Clark County/Las Vegas area is dangerous.

Under Clark County Public Works Director Denis Cederburg, the county has created a road system that is basically highways with traffic lights, one that lacks a paved trail system or protected bike lanes.

So, I pack my bicycle in my car and drive 40 minutes to the River Mountains Loop Trail. I park in River Mountain Lake Park off Lake Mead Parkway near Lake Las Vegas and start a counter-clockwise ride on what is normally a fabulous paved trail loop of about 35 miles or so.

But yesterday (Sunday), it was a rather dismal experience.

That's what happens when you see a car along the trail, another vehicle coming right at you and teens on small motorcycles buzzling along the trail.

It's tough enough that a road system and drivers endanger bicyclists' lives on roads. But it's rather routine that drivers are in vehicles on the River Mountains Loop Trail in the Henderson section of the trail circuit.

City of Henderson staff and police have to crack down on this.

Otherwise you're going to see a horrific tragedy on what is normally a popular trail.