OUT THERE
HIKES
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Best Hikes with Dogs: Today, bring the dog on this moderately strenuous four-mile, round-trip, hike with a lot of rock scrambling at Mount Charleston's Big Falls (515-5367).
Red Rock Canyon, Hummingbird Gulch: Monday, a very strenuous seven-miles total distance with a 2,500-foot gain to Fetcher peak via the North Loop trail (515-5367).
Red Rock Canyon, Lost Creek: Easy one-mile hike on Wednesday (515-5367).
Red Rock Canyon, McFarland Approach: A very strenuous hike totaling 10 miles Friday (515-5367).
Sierra Club: The Southern Nevada Group will drive to Great Basin National Park campground for a strenuous hike at Wheeler Peak Friday through Aug. 19. Less strenuous hiking options are available. Peppe Sotomayor, 233-5840 or www.nps.gov/archive/grba/home.htm.
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 will have a moderate to strenuous five-mile round-trip hike with a 1,200-foot gain Saturday. Contact George McDonald at 808-3855.
Red Rock Canyon, Corn Creek Spring: An easy one-half-mile walk Saturday (515-5367).
Sierra Club: The Southern Nevada Group will have a moderate four-mile round-trip hike along the South Loop Trail in Kyle Canyon Aug. 19. Contact Ann Cronin at 737-5758.
Red Rock Canyon, North Loop: A moderate four-mile hike Aug. 19 (515-5367).
Sierra Club: The Southern Nevada Group will have a 10-mile strenuous hike on a steep and primitive trail with a 4,000 foot gain Aug. 19 Mummy Mountain. E-mail: hardyhikers@juno.com or call David Hardy at 875-4549.
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 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.greenvalley cyclists.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 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 is scheduled for 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 for an easy ride to Red Rock (E-mail: davesellsvegas@netzero.com or call 379-3737). And an easy ride of 25 to 35 miles of flat land on Aug. 19 at 7 a.m. Meet at Einstein Brothers Bagels, 8400 Cheyenne Ave. (873-6256). Bring water for all rides.
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. Visit www.barta-nv.com; e-mail: bikes4four@cox.net; or call 837-6522.
Annual Ultra-Crit: Ride one, two, or more laps on this 200-mile Lake Loop event to start and end at All Mountain Cyclery in Boulder City beginning at 6 a.m. Saturday. Call Scott Dakus at 497-8565 or contact nubscycling@ earthlink.net.
Green Valley Cyclists: Meet at 7 a.m. Saturday and Aug. 19 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.
Red Rock Canyon, Mountain Bike Madness: Six-mile beginner/intermediate ride Aug. 19. Mountain bike and helmets are required. Meet at the North Cottonwood parking lot (515-5367).
OTHER PROGRAMS
Hunter Education Class: Nevada Department of Wildlife is accepting applications for the Monday/Tuesday classes scheduled from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Whitney Ranch Recreation Center, 1575 Galleria Drive, Henderson and the Saturday class, to be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the NDOW office, 4747 W. Vegas Drive. They are also accepting applications for the Aug. 25 classes scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the NDOW office and the Whitney Ranch Recreation Center. (486-5127, Ext. 3501).
Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, Summer Cool-off: Learn about the ranch's history while enjoying free ice cream and cold lemonade (first-come, first-served), 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, at the Ranch House Garage (875-4141).
Get Outdoors Nevada: Register now to volunteer for Archery Range litter/debris cleanup at Mount Charleston on Saturday, from 8:30 a.m. until noon. Minimum age is 8 years old with parental approval form. Contact: www,getoutdoorsnevada.org/events.htm or e-mail: desertvolunteer@fws.gov.
Cathedral Gorge State Park: A PowerPoint program on "Varmints" Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Campground amphitheater. Visit cathedralgorge_vc@lcturbonet.com or call (775) 728-4460.
Las Vegas Astronomical Society: A program titled "Astronomical Mysteries of the Da Vinci Code" followed by telescope viewing, weather permitting, at 8 p.m. at the Red Rock Canyon Visitor Center on Saturday. No registration required. Gates to the visitor center close at 8:30 p.m. Visit: geary.keilman@lv astronomy.com, or call 515-5350 or 561-7469.
Friends of Nevada Wilderness: Volunteer to monitor invasive weeds, campsites and illegal recreational use impacts at the Quinn Canyon Wilderness on Saturday and Aug. 19. Contact www. nevadawilderness.org.
