Many Red Rock Country trails enter federally designated wilderness areas. Mountain bikes are prohibited in these areas. Desert vegetation is fragile and easily damaged by traveling through previously undisturbed areas. Off-trail travel is harmful to vegetation and causes soil erosion, particularly on slopes. These vast wilderness areas offer unique opportunities for physical challenge, solitude, photography, nature study, and communion with the natural environment.
Wilderness areas are truly wild places.
The pristine beauty, abundant and diverse plants and animals, and unaltered landscapes that characterize these wild places are both fragile and hostile and must be treated with great care and respect. Wilderness is remote, primitive, and inaccessible to motor vehicles, so help may be far away. Many Red Rock Country trails enter federally designated wilderness areas. Mountain bikes, are prohibited in these areas. Desert vegetation is fragile and easily damaged by traveling through previously undisturbed areas.