And where there are mountains, there’s mountain biking

Nevada has tons of trails covering thousands of miles. Choose from everything from fire-road routes to challenging rocky downhill, like the 35 miles of desert singletrack in Bootleg Canyon. Or go big—just bike the entire damn state. The Great Basin Bike Route spans the whole thing from the California/Nevada border in north Lake Tahoe all the way to the Utah/Nevada border in Border, NV. Nearly the entire trek is on dirt, thanks to the fact that a huge majority of Nevada is public land. If you happen to have any energy to spare during the 526-mile ride, the GBBR goes right past tons of iconic Nevada landmarks worth parking your bike for, ranging from fossil sites to ghost towns and historical monuments. In addition to a handful of chair-spinning ski mountains, Nevada also has some truly epic backcountry.