We had a great time riding at Bootleg, just outside of Las Vegas. Here are some of the pics that help tell the story.
Our rental shuttle truck, '08 F250 twin turbo diesel. We were pretty spoiled on this trip.
I failed to mention to any of the guys anything about the hike to the top, once you get out of the shuttle. It was like a 10 min push. It pretty much sucked, especially near the end of the day. I think we could have gotten in double the runs if we didn't have to make this push.
Loo, showing us how to turn a roller into a hucker on snackback.
Hiking beyond the gate to get to Elevator Shaft. Notice the spikes on the gate to keep rednecks from raming it. 
Top of Elevator Shaft, you can see lots of trails out in the background. Scuba getting ready for a dicey run.
The huge radio antenna above elevator.
Notice the size of the chunder in this pic on elevator, it was easy to get your front tire bucked around.
What not to do on the DH trails...wear lycra and ride a 4" travel bike. Gerritt, who lives nearby had never ridden the DH trails, we told him his superlight would be fine, I think we were wrong. He said, "I feel like I brought a knive to a gun fight."
Ringo, dropping on Snackback.
We took an evening excursion to see the hoover dam. They are building a crazy concrete bridge over the canyon above the dam. Here they are working on the arch support underneath.
Next to the Subway we went to for lunch.
Ringo had a ruff second day, he did a lot of bike chasing. Here after a crash on Diva.
Here after another crash on Diva.
But he did pull off this tuff drop on Ginger.
Loo rockin' the steeps on Ginger.
The final day. 3 of us road, as Ringo did all the driving. He took a header off the top of Poop Chute and bruised up his hand too much to hold the handlebar, along with injuring his other hand, his left knee and right ankle. He pretty much covered it all.
We pretty much covered all the trails, mostly riding, but we did have to walk a few sections of Kavorkian and Ginger. We were joined by many of Loo's other riding buddies as well. 4 from Nor Cal, Bill and his girl from San Diego, and JP and Ryan from Flagstaff. We had a great trip. I have some video footage as well, but that will have to be a later post, vimeo is backed up right now.
Loo, showing us how to turn a roller into a hucker on snackback.Hiking beyond the gate to get to Elevator Shaft. Notice the spikes on the gate to keep rednecks from raming it. Top of Elevator Shaft, you can see lots of trails out in the background. Scuba getting ready for a dicey run.
The huge radio antenna above elevator.Notice the size of the chunder in this pic on elevator, it was easy to get your front tire bucked around.What not to do on the DH trails...wear lycra and ride a 4" travel bike. Gerritt, who lives nearby had never ridden the DH trails, we told him his superlight would be fine, I think we were wrong. He said, "I feel like I brought a knive to a gun fight."
Ringo, dropping on Snackback.
We took an evening excursion to see the hoover dam. They are building a crazy concrete bridge over the canyon above the dam. Here they are working on the arch support underneath.
Next to the Subway we went to for lunch.
Ringo had a ruff second day, he did a lot of bike chasing. Here after a crash on Diva.
Here after another crash on Diva.
But he did pull off this tuff drop on Ginger.Loo rockin' the steeps on Ginger.
The final day. 3 of us road, as Ringo did all the driving. He took a header off the top of Poop Chute and bruised up his hand too much to hold the handlebar, along with injuring his other hand, his left knee and right ankle. He pretty much covered it all. We pretty much covered all the trails, mostly riding, but we did have to walk a few sections of Kavorkian and Ginger. We were joined by many of Loo's other riding buddies as well. 4 from Nor Cal, Bill and his girl from San Diego, and JP and Ryan from Flagstaff. We had a great trip. I have some video footage as well, but that will have to be a later post, vimeo is backed up right now.
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