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Save Red Rock
2 days ago
Wow. It’s come to this. Overcrowding is real. Starting November 3, during the busy season, everyone has to get reservations to visit Red Rock Canyon. Don’t forget!
This is going to be a tough transition for those of us who like to visit our favorite canyon on a whim. At first glance it seems outrageous. However we have to understand that this is the country’s most visited park and recognize that the BLM is taking their responsibility seriously to make sure she doesn’t get loved to death. We are grateful to the BLM for their hard work to protect and keep open sustainably, the busiest national conservation area in the United States.
We have talked with BLM about various solutions to this overcrowding issue, our top two preferences being a bike path and a shuttle system like Zion National Park. But both of those solutions take a lot of time and money so this reservations system is what they have decided to do in the meantime.
We have already started working on the first of our two preferred alternatives, which is building a separated bike path along the 159 scenic byway to help redirect/repurpose some of the traffic and provide a safe experience.
Our second preferred alternative is to implement a 15 minute shuttle system for the busy season like the Zion National Park model. This would be like visiting Zion NP where you drive through entry booths on the state highway and ride a shuttle on the the scenic drive. Lake Mead’s similar move to entry booths on the state highway initially received some pushback from the construction and commuter traffic, but was ultimately and tremendously instrumental in improving the visitor’s experience and the manageability of the park. Our friend and a big supporter of Red Rock, Alan O’Neill, was the heroic proponent in improving the Lake Mead experience that way while he was the superintendent there. It’s a proven example of how to increase protections for your natural resource while still allowing visitation. If the BLM decided to explore this alternative it would take awhile to implement, so this reservations system seems like a necessary intermediary step. It will be hard for us to get used to but please read this article and learn how the system works so you don’t get sold out of your next visit.
Back to the first alternative, there is exciting news. The BLM is supportive of the bike path that we’ve proposed along the 159, which is an inner and outer loop connecting Red Rock with Summerlin and Mountain’s Edge. They have just submitted an application for funding for the phases between the visitor’s center and Blue Diamond. We have already obtained funding for the northern and southern legs from Red Rock and Blue Diamond to Summerlin and Mountain’s Edge. So this important application, if approved by SNPLMA, would connect the outer loop from Summerlin all the way to Mountain’s Edge. We’ll keep you updated on this exciting front.
In the meantime, we must read this article today and familiarize ourselves with the new reservations system so we don’t get sold out of our favorite park!
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BLM offers online passes, timed entry reservations for Red Rock Canyon NCA on Recreation.gov | Bureau of Land Management
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LAS VEGAS — The Bureau of Land Management will offer online timed entry reservations and purchase of daily entry passes for the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Scenic Drive for visits on ...Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email
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As a 30 year resident of LV, Red Rock has always been the best perk about living here for outdoor enthusiasts! Having to make reservations is like standing in line at the DMV for hours and being turned away because it’s closing. Whose to say we will even get reservations into park on any given day since people traveling here will book way in advance.
Shuttles? Yuck! I hike at Red Rock 2 times a week during the weekdays (slow times). Hiking with 4 kids (3 in car seats) in a shuttle situation would require an insane amount of management. It’s unsafe for young kids to be without car seats, even in a shuttle. The amount of gear we would have to haul in and out of shuttles. Plus we always keep extra water and snacks at our car. Shuttles are horrible, I hated them at Zion for the same reason. As a Las Vegas native who has hiked here my entire life I couldn’t think of a worse solution.
Do we know how this will affect early entry? I usually go in once the gates open to avoid the crowds; will that still be possible or will the gates not open at all until 8am now? I haven’t seen this addressed in any articles or on the press release.
It is my understanding that reservations will not be required when biking there. So for those of us who decide to visit on a whim, we just need to ride our bikes there!
So life Disability Pass & Yearly Pass holders need reservations ?
Tourist won’t access this information and the gate entry will be a mess of angry people
So even cyclists with yearly passes will need a reservation?
BLM you suck. Next the helicopters to shoot the horses & burros!!??
As a resident of Las Vegas I feel absolutely devastated by this news. I visit RR at least 3 or 4 times a week for cycling and climbing. I understand that over crowding is taking its toll.. but perhaps residents should be given priority?
It would be quite nice to see a shuttle system in place, and they do have a huge positive impact on the areas they've been implemented in. I'm sad to see having to go to reservations, but not surprised. Every single one of us visiting Red Rocks is part of the problem, we now have consequences for it. If I couldn't get in before 9am, it just wasn't worth the hassle. One thing I didn't see though was how far in advance the reservations can be made. Yosemite day use reservations are being done with 80% available a month in advance (all of October available September 1st) and 20% two days in advance (September 24th entrance available September 22nd). Will it be similar?
I hope this makes it harder for those Scoot City cars to enter the park. I hate when they ride past me.
I’m born and raised in Vegas. I feel like the changes that keep happening to Red Rock are not for the better. I understand crowd management but I do think residents should have a priority. Shuttles take a way from the beauty and the peace of Red Rock. I don’t agree with the paving of new trails either. Leave it to be the beauty it is.
There was a total lack of a public comment period for this major change. It's a total scandal the way this is being shoved down our throats.
So exciting. Thanks for all the work you do.
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I get why they did it but my complaint is the $2 to make a reservation. The amount of times I hike up there I’ll pay way more in those fees than my national parks annual pass cost
Elizabeth, you were right.
I was just at Zion. The shuttles are no longer free, $1 per ticket, and reserving a ticket can take weeks, but after 3p they take walk ups. The result is pedestrians and bicyclists crowding the road in and out of the canyon. It is more dangerous because of the extra bike and foot traffic. Plus they allow private buses to enter the canyon, countering the positive impact of the electric shuttles. We can’t copy Zion exactly. But we can learn. My two main concerns are safety for bicyclists and pedestrians, and private companies manipulating the system to charge for what we have been getting for free or minimal cost. Maybe only electric vehicles can be allowed into the Scenic Loop, with exceptions for government vehicles. But yes, overcrowding is an issue that requires changes we might not be comfortable with. Yet let us be careful not to create extra danger or to provide a windfall to private parties who will not be a benefit overall to the community.
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Save Red Rock is at Red Rock Canyon Las Vegas.
5 days ago
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