Blue Diamond Hill, Red Rock, Nevada | Las Vegas Area Trails

Blue Diamond Hill at Southern End of Red Rock Canyon | Grand Circle Loop | Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada

Blue Diamond Hill, Nevada | Overview

Blue Diamond Hill Viewed from Base of White Rock Mountain

View from Blue Diamond Hill High Eastern Ridgeline Toward Red Rock Canyon | Eastern Outer Circuit | Blue Diamond Hill | Red Rock Canyon, Nevada

Eastern Outer Circuit | Blue Diamond Hill, Nevada

Red Rock Canyon from Blue Diamond Hill Eastern Cliffs

View East Toward Maverick Wind Sock Hill (Horizon) from Ridgeline's South High Point. | Western Outer Circuit | Blue Diamond Hill | Red Rock Canyon, Nevada

Western Outer Circuit | Blue Diamond Hill, Nevada

View Toward Maverick Helicopter Windsock Hill from Far Western Ridge

Western Trails & Ridges | Blue Diamond Hill, Nevada

Amazing Composite Rock Pillars on the Kibbles 'N Bits Trail

Blue Diamond Hill, Nevada | Overview

Wilderness Windows

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Interactive Map for Blue Diamond Hill (click to close)

Blue Diamond Hill Adventures

The “Un-Ski Slopes” of Blue Diamond Hill, Nevada

Blue Diamond Hill has these similarities with a ski area:

Runs of various difficulties with names like: “Bunny”, “Muffin”, “Radio Tower”, “Overlook Ridge”, “Bone Shaker”, “Bob Gnarly”.
Names like “First Finger”, “Second Finger”, “Cowboy Canyon” and “Skull Canyon” recall possible names that could appear on ski slopes.
Ski slopes have a “diamond” rating system:
- Green Diamond: Beginner – Easy (“Bunny”, “Muffin”) hills with 6-25% incline.
- Blue Diamond: Intermediate – 25-40% incline. “Bob Gnarly”?
- Black Diamond: Difficult – 40% and steeper incline. “Bone Shaker”?

Where Blue Diamond Hill is Different Than a Ski Area

There’s no snow!
There are no skiers – mountain bikers instead.
There’s no ski lodge.

All that aside, it’s fun to think of Blue Diamond Hill as an “Un-Ski Slope”. And, if you’re a mountain biker hurtling down one of the runs you may get the feeling skiers have as they hurtle down ski slopes.