3.0 miles
Distance
70 ft
Climb
-657 ft
Descent
00:22:26
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3 Mile Smile Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaCottonwood Valley
Las Vegas, Nevada -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (1 vote)
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular direction shown
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Dogs AllowedYes
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Global Ranking
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Local Popularity90 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 55 in Trail Running
- 70 in Hiking
A perennial favorite DH in the Blue Diamond/Cottonwood area. Not overly technical, with good flow and speed. Preferred direction is Northbound (downhill), though many riders tie in with Badger Pass and ride up to the top of this DH to get the full smile (Dwight Robertson)
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More Stats for 3 Mile Smile mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-589 ft
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Altitude min4,237 ft
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Altitude max4,881 ft
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Altitude start4,857 ft
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Altitude end4,268 ft
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Grade-3.773%
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Grade max-19.733%
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Grade min7.701%
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Distance climb2,568 ft
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Distance down2 miles
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Distance flat255 ft
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Avg time00:22:26
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Avg reverse time01:09:50
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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 1 rides
- 14 miles avg distance
6 Months
- 178 rides
- 16 miles avg distance
All
- 2,184 rides
- Last: Jan 15, 2023
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8 Reviews & Comments
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We rode up Cottonwood Pass Road and down 3 Mile Smile. Next time I would probably ride up 3MS and do this as out and back. Been riding this trail since 2003 and for some reason I keep coming back. Oh, I know. It's that good. When you get to the end, ride up Badger Pass and down Techno for ~9 miles of awesome desert singletrack.
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Whatever the name of this trail.. it’s got a lot going for it. Fairly manageable to ride up and a flat joy to descend.
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mastergee
(Aug 17, 2020 at 13:22)
trail is not called 3 mile smile, its originally called red valley
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mattstragalus
(Nov 18, 2020 at 14:55)

out at cottonwood, there must be three names for every trail. I thought Red Valley was the name of the now forgotten trail to the east near Wilson Tank.
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Snow still on the upper half of the trail and really muddy the upper 1/4 of it. Should dry out in a couple of weeks, but still a great flow fun trail no matter the conditions!
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Recent thunderstorms have lightly washed the trail to pure flowy goodness. Not dusty at all and an all around blast of a ride. A few baby heads to contend with here and there...but that just addsnto the awesomeness of the ride.
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