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05/21/2008 by Editor

Motorized vehicle on trail – Enforcement

HPD has your photoATV’s and other vehciles, even cars on the trail is an illegal act. Enforcement has been random todate.
The new Trail Watch program is set up to report directly to HPD such incidents as they occur. Responding officers will ticket those caught in the act. HPD has budgeted for new officers to specifically patrol Henderson trails starting very soon. All you have to do is stay off the River Mountains Loop Trail. There are cross over points provided for access into the River Mountains, use them.

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  1. John says

    09/21/2009 at 5:52 PM

    It appears that the police in Boulder City are not ticketing people for driving on the trail. I was hiking the trail last evening (Sunday, 9/20/09, 6:30 p.m.) when I came upon three cars parked along the trail in the area behind the Veteran’s Home in Boulder City. It looked like some sort of commercial enterprise was taking place-a photographer, with a lot of equipment, was taking photos of a young couple. The photographer was directing the couple to pose in various ways. I reported this to the BC police then continued my hike. A few minutes later, from a point higher up, I saw a police car drive up the trail to the place where the cars were parked. I was too far away to see what happened, but the cop left after two minutes. It would take more than two minutes to write a ticket, even a warning ticket, for a single vehicle, much less three vehicles, so I presume no tickets were issued. Even worse, the three cars did not leave for another ten minutes. I would have thought that the police officer would have made the cars leave immediately, at the very least, or even escorted the cars out of there, since the cars had to drive on the trail to get back to the road–but no, the cop left immediately and the cars stayed for 10 more minutes. By the time the cars left I had circled back around and I could hear raucous laughter coming from the people with the cars.

    I now wish that I had used my camera to get photos and/or a video of the whole incident. I got the license plate numbers, but now I wonder why I bothered calling the police at all. It’s clear that policing the trail is a low priority for the BC police.

    • rmltman says

      09/23/2009 at 8:42 AM

      The portion of trail referenced in this comment is still under the control of the contractor. It is not complete, nor signed. Once the trail is complete and turned over to Boulder City, measures will be in place to control vehicle access.
      Thanks you for your concern and comments.

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2 weeks ago
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Update: Closure at RR Pass due to storm damage impacting concrete at railroad tracks.

Henderson is working with UPRR and the Boulder City Railroad Museum to make this repair as soon as possible.
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Hello All,

The City of Henderson is  temporarily re-routing trail traffic around the railroad tracks near Railroad Pass Casino. We dont have a timetable for this closure yet. 

Updates coming soon on the re-opening of this trail section.

Hello All,

The City of Henderson is temporarily re-routing trail traffic around the railroad tracks near Railroad Pass Casino. We don't have a timetable for this closure yet.

Updates coming soon on the re-opening of this trail section.
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It’ll be like this till next year or so .

Had a employee from Railroad museum, train is running but is being stop half down, it is not going pass Railroad Hotel and Casino he sad the track was damaged from Hilary and monsoon rain we had

Where does the trail reroute for this section?

I biked this today and there was no closure?!?!

Lisa Lohmann we will have remember this when we plan our long ride

For your safety = the government is all knowing and you must comply because you know no better!

Great, I’m usually hauling ass there, only to find a barricade 3 seconds till I hit them if I’m watching closely

Part of the F1 race construction?

Steve Burchell

There’s no easy “re-routing” once you’re at this point….

anything fun in henderson, the city wants to tax you to use.

Someone I know biked this section today from the ped bridge over the 11 to BC and said the trail was clear of all the dirt that was on the trail a week ago.

Rode by the Railroad Pass today, no problem. Is it still closed elsewhere?

Mattchew Fisherino

The resurfacing that was slated to begin back in April HAS BEGUN! Someone I know rode the RMLT early morning Monday the 18th and said there were roadwork crews busy repairing cracks and applying blacktop, so please abide by the trail closure signs on the northern section of the trail unless you enjoy riding through fresh tar. BTW, the gates at the RR Casino crossing have been moved out of the way and there appears to be nothing going on there in the way of repairs. Also, the entire trail has been cleared of all gravel and debris from the recent rains so thanks to the City of Henderson for dealing with that. The attached trail closure map that was put online last March now actually applies.

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Thank you John Day for cleaning storm debris off of the RMLT!

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Thanks John and all that keep our trail clean! Your hard work is greatly appreciated!!

There are some great people in this world!!!

Awesome. We encountered some rough patches on Saturday morning.

Your a legend!! Thank you sir

Wow! What a mess, thanks for clearing all that. I loved riding that trail when I lived in Vegas🚴‍♀️

Thank you...so much!!

You can do the Beltway Trail when you are finished. LOL. All your hard work is greatly appreciated by the cycling community. Thank you.

We have an amazing group of “trail gnomes” in our mountain bike community who put in significant hours to maintain trails throughout the year that are my inspiration to contribute to the biking culture in Henderson, Las Vegas, and Boulder City.

Awesome my friend 🤙🏽

🙌🙌🙌

Clap clap for him .. thank you so much

Thank you

Huge thanks!

I’ve been there 3x on that trail it’s amazing. we start at the railroad casino, thanks for your outstanding support 👏🏻👏🏻

Thanks much. Does anyone know if it needs cleaning anywhere else?? I have free time tomorrow.

Thank you!!!

Thank you John Day!

Thank you!

Thank you!!

Thank you 😊

thanks!

thank you so much, i saw you Saturday but i had to find my husband who turned around, thanks again, appreciate you!!!

Thank you John!

Thank you sir! Greatly appreciated! Kerry Jo Mitchell

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