During the month of November each year, the Vegas Valley 4-Wheelers host their annual Hump N Bump Trail Ride to benefit the Southern Nevada Trail Fund. The event takes place at the Logandale Trails System in Logandale, Nevada, which is about 60 miles northeast of Las Vegas and situated near Lake Mead National recreation Area and Nevada's Valley of Fire State Park. "What's a Hump N Bump?" You may ask. With the events' proximity to Las Vegas, some tend to get the wrong idea, but the VV4W's Hump N Bump truly is a family-fun event. The name comes from the loping "Hump and Bump" effort a short-wheelbase 4x4 exerts as it traverses a rocky, whooped desert trail.
The Logandale Trails System offers gorgeous red rock formations, sandstone cliffs, and multiple sand dunes and desert washes. It's a public trail system that's open to all motorized and nonmotorized outdoor enthusiast and activities, including ATVs, dirt bikes, hikers, mountain bikers, and equestrian. The Trail System, which borders the Valley of Fire State Park and the towns of Logandale and Overton, Nevada, was established by the BLM in a cooperative effort coordinated by the Nevada Trails Coalition, with support from organized recreational groups and county, state, federal, and local agencies.
The main entrance to the trails is in Logandale at Liston Avenue off NV-169/North Moapa Valley Boulevard. Liston leads to North Pioneer Road and then turns into Logandale Trails Road. This continues as a gravel/dirt road into the trail system and designated camping areas. Native American petroglyphs can be seen on many rock faces, and the area is rich with plant life, including creosote brush, blackbrush scrub, barrel cactus, and Teddy bear cholla. Red-tailed hawks, golden eagles, ospreys, and turkey vultures can often be sighted in the sky, and greater roadrunners can be spotted dashing across the open plains. The desert tortoise, Gila monster, chuckwalla lizard, and sidewinder rattlesnake are also native to the area, and desert big-horn sheep are often seen moving about the rocks and desert floor.
 A Jeep Cherokee tackles a...  A Jeep Cherokee tackles a section of the Bowl Trail at the 27th annual Hump N Bump trail ride. The event drew mayn participants from Nevada, California, Arizona, and New Mexico, and offered mild-to-extreme obstacles for 4x4s of all ability. The beautiful scenery of the southern Nevada desert is just one of the draws to this area. |  Mac MacKenzie of Macs 4x4...  Mac MacKenzie of Macs 4x4 Products attacks the stair-stepped waterfalls along the Bowl Trail. Mac's TJ is equipped with a Rubicon Express long-arm system mated with an AiRock active air-suspension system from Off Road Only. |  |