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Few visitors take advantage of Success Summit Loop

One of Nevada’s best-kept secrets, the 65-mile Success Summit Loop near Ely offers some of the most beautiful scenery in the Silver State. The route skirts the rugged peaks of the Schell Creek Range, climbs a forested summit with splendid views that is closed in winter, and traverses popular Cave Lake State Park. Despite offering camping, picnicking, fishing, hiking, wildlife watching and plenty of photo opportunities, the loop remains lightly utilized.

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Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza

More and more restaurants have added happy hours in an effort to draw in customers in a down-down-down economy, but you wouldn’t know it, in most cases. After the initial announcement, there’s usually no effort to remind customers (or would-be customers) of the bargain prices, and sometimes even the help is unaware.

Heidi’s Picks

Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.

Cedar Breaks National Monument offers breathtaking scenery

Using tools of water and wind, nature continues to carve a geological and scenic wonderland at Cedar Breaks National Monument in Southwestern Utah on the western edge of the high Markagunt Plateau. Forests of pine and fir sweep up to the 10,000-foot rim, where vividly colored stone carved into strange shapes tumbles into a 2,000-foot chasm.

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