OUT THERE
HIKES
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Monday on the Mount: A moderate to strenuous six-mile hike up Bristlecone Trail, with several switchbacks to the No Name Trail (515-5367).
Red Rock Canyon, Beat the Heat: An easy two-mile hike Wednesday from the Moenkopi Trail to the fee booth and back (515-5367).
Red Rock Canyon, Window in the Cliff: Thursday, a very strenuous nine-mile round-trip hike from the north end of Bonanza Trail, scrambling over severe terrain, to a window above Cold Creek (515-5367).
Around the Bend Friends: This group of people, 50 years and over, interested in hiking and related social activities will meet at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Santa Fe Casino, 4949 N. Rancho Drive, South Parking Garage, on the left of Level 3, for a moderate three-hour hike at Mount Charleston (642-2285).
Red Rock Canyon, Corn Creek Spring: An easy one-half-mile walk Saturday to view prime habitat for aquatic and land plants and animals (515-5367).
Sierra Club: The Southern Nevada Group will have a strenuous hike Saturday to Griffith Peak from the South Loop in Kyle Canyon. Event includes conservation and/or education activities. Contact Bill Marr at 433-0743.
Red Rock Canyon, Old Bristlecone Trail: Aug. 26, a moderate six-mile hike to view Aspen trees and Bristlecone pine trees (515-5367).
Sierra Club: The Southern Nevada Group will have a strenuous hike at Mummy Mountain Aug. 26. Event includes conservation and/or education activities. Contact: Randy Czaplicki at 265-7990.
Red Rock Canyon, Twilight Hike: A moderate three-mile hike, Aug. 26, from the fee booth past Calico I to Moenkopi Ridge to watch the sunset (515-5367).
Las Vegas Highlanders: A Christian hiking club open to all denominations plan a back-country hiking trip Sept. 1-5 at Yellowstone National Park. To register for this and a possible whitewater rafting option, contact: onecoolhike@yahoo.com or LasVegasHighlanders@yahoo.com.
BIKES
Bagel Ride: Leave from Aspen Creek Cycling, 1550 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Wednesday at 7 a.m., for a 22-mile ride. For more information, visit www.greenvalleycyclists.org or e-mail: topgolf@aol.com.
Las Vegas Valley Bicycle Club: Tuesday at 6 a.m. meet at Einstein's Bagels, 9031 W. Sahara Ave., for an easy-paced ride to Red Rock (e-mail: davesellsvegas@netzero.com or call 379-3737). A 6:15 a.m. moderate to fast 15-20 mile road ride on Wednesday. Meet at the NuVision Cyclery on West Lake Mead Blvd., between Rampart Boulevard and Scholar Lane (228-1333). There will be a 30-plus mile, moderate and hilly ride Wednesday and Thursday at 7 a.m., and a 30 to 50-plus mile long-grade ride on Saturday at 7 a.m. Meet behind Starbucks on West Charleston Boulevard and Town Center Drive. Friday, at 6 a.m. meet at Einstein's Bagels, 9031 W. Sahara Ave., for an easy paced ride to Red Rock (E-mail: davesellsvegas@netzero.com or call 379-3737). Aug. 26, meet behind the Nevada Power Building, 6226 W. Sahara Ave., at 6:30 for a 15-20 mile easy breakfast ride (873-8979) or meet at Einstein Brothers Bagels, 8400 Cheyenne Ave., at 7 a.m. for an easy ride of 25 to 35 miles of flat land (873-6256). Be sure to bring plenty of water for all rides.
Green Valley Cyclists: Meet at 7 a.m. Saturday and Aug. 26 in the Brooklyn Bagel parking lot, near the corner of Green Valley Parkway and Pebble Road in Henderson. For more information, visit www.greenvalleycyclists.org or call 501-9771.
Nevada Ultramarathon Bicycling Society: Team forming for the Hoodoo 500 in St. George, Utah, on Sept. 15-17. If interested, e-mail: kbcostin2@cox.net, or visit: www.planetultra.com/Hoodoo500/index.htm.
OTHER PROGRAMS
Red Rock Canyon, Tort Talks: Learn about Nevada's state reptile, the desert tortoise, Tuesday at this ongoing visitor center program from 9-10 a.m. No sign-up required. (515-5367)
Red Rock Canyon, Up Close: Take a close look at the flora, fauna or geology of Red Rock and the surrounding desert Friday at this ongoing visitor's center exhibit from 9 - 11:30 a.m. No sign-up required. (515-5367).
Cathedral Gorge State Park: Third Annual Dutch Oven Cookoff, Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at the campground amphitheater. Visit cathedralgorge_vc@lcturbonet.com or call (775) 728-4460.
Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: Various activities planned by park docents on Saturday at 6 p.m. For details, call 875-4141.
Hunter education class: Nevada Department of Wildlife is accepting applications for the Saturday classes, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the NDOW office, 4747 W. Vegas Drive, and the Whitney Ranch Recreation Center, 1575 Galleria Drive, Henderson. They begin accepting applications Friday for the Sept. 8 class scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the NDOW office, and for the Sept. 10 -11 classes set from 5:30-9 p.m. at the Whitney Ranch Recreation Center. Sight your guns on NDOW Range Day, Sept. 8, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Desert Sportsman Rifle and Pistol Club. Free targets and range time available (486-5127, Ext. 3501).
Get Outdoors Nevada: Register to volunteer for the following National Public Lands Days. Fifty volunteers are needed for seed collection in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area at Mount Charleston from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Sept. 8. Two hundred volunteers (minimum age is 12 years old with parental approval form) for litter/debris cleanup from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 22 at the Sloan Canyon National Conversation Area. More than 100 volunteers are needed from 8 - 11:30 a.m. Sept. 29 for litter/debris cleanup at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Contact: www.getoutdoorsnevada.org/events.htm or e-mail: desertvolunteer@fws.gov.
