The Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend calls for plenty of snow — and plenty of visitors — in the mountains. Nearly 2 feet of fresh powder has landed on Mount Charleston and the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area since Thursday.
Recreation
Locals and tourists can enjoy free access to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area next Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Although the cold kept an audience from forming in an amphitheater at the edge of Lake Mead on Saturday night, National Park Service employee Yolanda Sherwood braved the 45-degree temperatures to deliver an important message: Coyotes aren’t to be trifled with.