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Short Flow Job Loop

Mountain Biking Trail

Hard
14.15 mi
1,401 ft
Everyone loves a good Flow Job, and you can get a great one here in Las Vegas!

Flow Job ranks as one of the all-time favorite trails among Las Vegas locals. This incredible flowy descent traces its way down the spine of a ridge before ripping along an undulating singletrack bench that will have you whooping and hollering the entire way! There's very little in the way of technical challenge on this trail, and yet the ecstasy of flow will delight every mountain biker that ventures here!

Since Flow Job traverses the spine of a ridge, you'll enjoy stunning views in all directions the entire time. Especially during the climb up Goat Roper, you'll enjoy incredible vistas of the towering red rock cliffs in the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area.

After the main Flow Job wraps up, the trail climbs over a small rise and drops into a beautiful canyon. This is a stunning location and a fantastic place to route a trail through, even if it adds a few bonus miles. Finally, you'll finish your entire Flow Job experience with a little fast, flowy action down to the highway.

So how do you find this Flow Job? To get to the top of the descent, you'll need to reach Goat Roper, which is a very reasonable switchbacked climb that occasionally traverses some aesthetic exposed rock along the spine of the ridge. Nothing on Goat Roper is very technical, making it a great intermediate climb. However, to reach Goat Roper, you have two options: climbing the great singletrack of Kibbles-n-Bits as mapped here, or using a doubletrack road. The only weirdness about climbing Kibbles-n-Bits is that if you go this route, the first mile and a half or so will be much more technical than the entire rest of the ride. If you want to remove that technicality, then opt to climb the road.

Once you've finished Flow Job, you have a couple option. For the shortest loop possible, you can take a right on the highway and pedal pavement to return to the trailhead (shown here). Written by Greg Heil
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Route and Elevation

Segments

NameDistanceElev. Diff.Avg. Grade
Kibbles ’n Bits to Goat Roper turnoff1.33 mi177 ft2.1%
Kibbles ’n Bits + Goat Roper climb3.68 mi791 ft4.1%
Kibbles ’n Bits-Goat Roper-Flow Job7.94 mi-1,027 ft-0.6%
Up Goat Roper Down Flow Job6.67 mi-974 ft-1.0%
Goat Roper climb2.16 mi633 ft5.5%
Filthy White Balls0.62 mi148 ft4.4%
Ride or Walk the Goat Reaper Up1.60 mi469 ft5.5%
Nipples and Bitches0.75 mi167 ft4.2%
The TT1.07 mi292 ft3.3%
Flowjob Stage 10.23 mi-112 ft-8.7%
Flow Job dh4.43 mi-1,020 ft-4.4%
Flowjob Stage 21.90 mi-420 ft-4.1%
Backflow2.47 mi-482 ft-3.7%
Flowjob Stage 30.53 mi-266 ft-8.8%
Flowjob Stage 4 1.85 mi-276 ft-2.5%
Eyes off the canyon!0.19 mi-43 ft-2.0%
Overlook Sweeper0.46 mi23 ft0.3%