What to do in Las Vegas??

[Chris Sloan]

Runnin around LV a couple days, anything worth seeing for the outdoorsman?

 

[ST52v]

The community park at Boulder city usually has Big horn rams resting in the shade.

 

[COlineman78]

The drive out to the Hoover Dam isn't bad and it's pretty cool. I go out to Vegas a couple times a year and it wasn't till the last time that I made the trip. If you're a baseball fan there is a place called Big League Dreams that has some replica fields you can play on. Other than that there aren't a whole lot of things to do outdoors. There's also a few gun ranges where you can shoot almost anything for a price. Walking around on Fremont street can be entertaining and fun. There is a craft brewery there called Banger Brewing that is pretty good (living in Denver I have high standards and would say it's average but by far the best I've had in the Southwest).

 

[BATTLEBORN]

Red Rock Canyon, you can do as much or as little as you wants. There are a ton of trails, rock climbing, or if you want to just enjoy the view (which is very nice) there is a road that circles the area with different pull out area's. There is also a visitors center with some cool info about the area. Very close to town and a great place to experience some desert landscape.

 

[BFM]

There is a craft brewery there called Banger Brewing that is pretty good (living in Denver I have high standards and would say it's average but by far the best I've had in the Southwest).

You need to get down to San Diego.

 

[COlineman78]

You need to get down to San Diego.

I don't consider San Diego southwest and if I remember correctly neither does Great American Beer Festival (they're part of the Pacific Region). My brother just took a beercation to SD a couple months ago. There are some really good big ones out there like Stone, Green Flash and Ballast Point (even though they're sellouts). I'm not a hops fan though so I have a hard time finding stuff from any CA breweries that I like as even their mild pales are close to 80IBU.

 

[go4thegusto]

Over 10 years ago I was there for a show. We had an outfit supply us kayaks and we went down the Colorado River through Black Canyon for 21 miles to a resort where they picked us up. Some sheep on the cliffs. The first 2/3 is really cool with a stop where you can hike to some hot spring pools in a tight canyon. Found out that the topless college girls knew a land route in from the top. That will get your attention when you think you are alone and come around the corner...LOL.

At that time the outfitter had a gate key and dropped us right in the spillway looking straight up at Hoover Dam. Really awesome but I bet with the new security that has probably changed. If you google it I do see tours etc so they are still doing it. Looks like raft trips now which we did not see. It was like $120 for a kayak and a ride back then.

 

[Chris Sloan]

Thanks for all the ideas guys. We decided to rent a car and tour Red Rocks. The lady at the rental car place convinced us to go to the Valley of Fire. She was the nicest little old lady, convincing too! A short hike in the red sand up Mouses Tank trail, and we were snapping photos of hundreds of indian pictographs and petroglyphs. The trail naturally ends at about a 20ft drop into a natural rock bowl that was full of water! An even bigger one was right below it. So apparently Mouse was a indian outlaw, that used the watering hole and the natural "maze" of the surrounding rock formations to hideout in the middle of the desert. It was so cool i mostly forgot about the flu bug i caught the first day there! Thanks again for the input!

 

[MuleyFever]

That is a nice little trail. Glad you found something to do.