Press Release | October 27, 2023
How about taking a fun dual-sport ride over the mountains and through the desert, circumnavigating Las Vegas, on the weekend before Thanksgiving? The Las Vegas 300 is a classic dual-sport event hosted by Exit Tours MC and it is planned for the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Here is more information from the event organizer, Exit Tours MC…
With temperatures falling, some of us in the northern sections of North America might be considering what fuel stabilizer to buy for the winter. But if you live in the southern USA or below, or can travel, you might be getting excited about the weather finally cooling off when desert riding is a lot more comfortable.
The Las Vegas 300, planned for the weekend before Thanksgiving on November 17-20, is a club dual-sport ride that runs around the outskirts of Sin City. The original route was laid out by Ross Williams and Chuck Sun, but Exit Tours, the outfit organizing the event since 2019, says they had to re-route the section north of Las Vegas in 2020 when some of the riding area was turned into a Wilderness Study Area.
This year, the fun starts on Friday, November 17, with a ride to El Dorado Canyon, and the richest abandoned gold mine in the south of Nevada. This loop is around 80 miles.
You can also check out the Hoover Dam and go for a Night ride to the lake if you want, since you’re staying right there at (the Hoover Dam Lodge. Or your sleeping in the parking lot in an RV or truck if you can’t get a room in the Lodge.
Once you’re on the trails Saturday, you’re running across dry-lake beds and up mountain passes to get to Pahrump, without any annoying whoop sections en route, the organizers say. Saturday night ends at the Pahrump Nugget Hotel & Casino; organizers will truck your luggage there from the Hoover Dam Lodge, where the day started.
Sunday morning starts with a breakfast banquet emceed by Trailblazer Hall of Fame member Larry Langley. Then you’re headed back to the Hoover Dam Lodge on your choice of three loops. The challenging course is 175 miles. There’s a mid-difficulty loop that’s 200 miles long, and an easy loop about the same length.
Depending which route you take, riders will traverse the 7700-foot Wheeler Pass to the north of Las Vegas for a fun loop, then the 6800-foot Mormon Pass, then back down to Hoover Dam.
On Monday, things move on to Tecopa, California, with a stay at Delight’s Hot Springs Resort. There, you can ride more mapped-out tracks to the Gunsight Mine and the China Ranch Date Farm near Death Valley.
This is intended to be a dual sport, ride, but last year a couple of riders did it on KTM 790 Adventures, and another rider and his wife did the course on a pair of Yamaha Tenere 700s, so if you’re feeling hairy-chested, maybe you can show up on a multi-cylinder bike.
Last we checked, about 30 riders were signed up, but they’d like to add at least half that again, and the ride can handle 60.
The GPS tracks for the route will work with a phone app, and the route should be doable by any competent rider. There is a chase truck, as well. Exit Tours says this is an “Associate Member Club Ride” that will cost you $325 to join.
For other important info, check out Exit Tour’s Facebook page for the event: https://www.facebook.com/Exittoursmc/
Exit Tours is a Colorado non-profit club that puts on club rides for like-minded enthusiasts. Any competent rider can Join. There are no meetings, workdays or politics involved with joining Exit Tours MC. Just join and ride.
For more information, visit LVVL300.com