OUT THERE

HIKES

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Monday at the Rock: An easy to moderate four-mile hike through Pine Creek (515-5367).

Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, New Moon: Meet at the tour gate Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. for a two-hour hike with some bouldering at Sandstone Canyon. Arrive 15 minutes early. as the park gates close when the hike starts. No dogs or children under 12 years old allowed. For details, call 875-4141.

Red Rock Canyon, Moenkopi Trail: An easy two and one-half-mile Tuesday morning hike (515-5367).

Red Rock Canyon, Keystone Thrust: Friday, see the thrust fault on this easy to moderate four-mile hike off White Spring Road (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, South Parking Garage, 4949 N. Rancho Drive, on the left of Level 3, for a moderate three-hour hike at Mount Charleston (642-2285).

Sierra Club: The Southern Nevada Group offers a moderate to strenuous, partially off-trail with some scrambling hike Saturday at the terraces above Mary Jane Falls in the Spring Mountains. Contact: Bill Marr at 433-0743.

Red Rock Canyon, Wild Horse Ridge: A moderate three-mile loop hike with a 700-foot gain Saturday (515-5367).

The Las Vegas High Rollers and Strollers: Members of the American Volkssport Association will have an easy group walk at 7 a.m. Saturday. The walk is suitable for baby strollers and wheelchairs. Meet at the Best Western Mardi Gras Inn, 3500 Paradise Road. E-mail lvrs1985@yahoo.com or call 242-4105.

Red Rock Canyon, Bristlecone Trail: Sept. 16, a moderate five-mile hike with a 720-foot ascent to the Bonanza Trail junction (515-5367).

Sierra Club: The Southern Nevada Group offers a moderate to strenuous "leader's choice" hike Sept. 16. Contact: Randy Czaplicki at 265-7990.

The Adventurers Las Vegas: A six-mile round-trip moderate night hike with some scrambling to Las Vegas Hot Springs at 6 p.m. Sept. 16. Mandatory registration required at www. TheAdventurersLV.com.

Las Vegas Highlanders: A Christian hiking club open to all denominations plan a hiking trip Oct. 5-7, at Havasupai Falls in the Grand Canyon. To register 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 Boulevard, 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). Sept. 16, 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).

BARTA: A group of basin and range trail advocates meet Saturday at 9 a.m. to develop, protect and maintain trails, educate users on trail usage, sponsor a chapter of the National Mountain Bike Patrol and have noncompetitive events. Visit www.barta-nv.com; E-mail: bikes4four@cox.net; or call 837-6522.

Green Valley Cyclists: Meet at 7 a.m. Saturday and Sept. 16 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.

OTHER PROGRAMS

Sierra Club: The Southern Nevada Group offers a public program Wednesday titled "Yucca Mountain: at the Crossroads" by the director of the Nuclear Projects Agency at the Nevada Power building, 6226 W. Sahara Ave, Wengert meeting room at the east entrance. Contact: Gary Beckman at 648-2983.

Las Vegas Astronomical Society: Twenty-first annual star party and slide program titled "Life Cycle of a Rock" will be offered at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Cathedral Gorge State Park. Pre-registration required. Visit www.lvastronomy.com or call 561-7469.

Red Rock Canyon, Junior Naturalists: Saturday, program for kids about wildlife in the desert. View animals up close, hear a story and complete a special art project (515-5367).

Hunter education classes: Nevada Department of Wildlife is accepting applications for the Saturday class from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Whitney Ranch Recreation Center, for the Saturday class from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the Sept. 17-18 classes from 6-9:30 p.m., at the NDOW office, 4747 W.Vegas Drive, and the Sept. 22 class from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Carpenters Joint Apprentice Training Center, 4131 E. Bonanza Road. (486-5127, Ext. 3501).

Get Outdoors Nevada: Register to volunteer for the following National Public Land Days performing litter/debris cleanup: Two hundred volunteers (minimum age is 12 years old with parental approval form) from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 22 at the Sloan Canyon National Conversation Area. More than 100 volunteers from 8-11:30 a.m., Sept. 29, at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and 50 volunteers (18 years of age or older) from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 13, at the National Wildlife Refuge. Contact: www,getoutdoorsnevada.org/events.htm or e-mail: desertvolunteer@fws.gov.