Las Vegas: Outdoor sports and activities
BUNGEE JUMPING
A.J. Hackett Bungy
Circus Circus
, 810 Circus Circus Drive tel 385-4321. Hours vary.
Should you feel the urge to plummet approximately 200 feet toward but not into a swimming pool, attached to a rubberized rope, look no further. It's $49 for your first jump, $25 each for the second and third, and nothing at all for the fourth.
GOLF
Angel Park Golf Club
3145 Las Vegas Blvd S tel 733-4290,
.
Beautifully set in Summerlin, at the western edge of the valley, the public facility features two Arnold Palmer-designed full-size courses, plus a twelve-hole par 3 course and an eighteen-hole putting course, both of which are floodlit at night. Green fees start at $65.
For reservations at most of Las Vegas's forty or so golf courses, call Golf Reservations of Nevada Inc tel 732-3119 or 1-800/627-4465, .
Bali Hai Golf Club
100 S Rampart Blvd tel 1-888/446-5358,
.
Extraordinarily lavish water-themed course, not far southwest of
Mandalay Bay
, seen as an expanse of vivid green from planes coming in to land; the golf carts even have satellite global positioning systems, while Wolfgang Puck's
Cili
is the clubhouse restaurant. Standard green fee is $260.
Las Vegas Golf Club
4300 W Washington Ave tel 646-3003.
Busy city-owned course that offers exceptionally cheap rates for locals. Non-residents can play eighteen holes for $80 Mon-Thurs, $90 Fri-Sun.
Las Vegas National Golf Club
1911 E Desert Inn Rd tel 796-0016.
Originally the Sahara Country Club, and home to the Las Vegas Invitational Tournament, this appealing course, a couple of miles east of the Strip, charges the general public $85 Mon-Thurs, $110 Fri-Sun.
HORSE RIDING
Cowboy Trail Rides
tel 838-3001,
.Hours Vary.
Ninety-minute riding expeditions in the Spring Mountains, in either the Red Rock Canyon area or higher up on Mount Charleston, for $69.
RAFTING
Black Canyon Raft Tours
1297 Nevada Hwy, Boulder City tel 293-3776 or 1-800/696-7238. By reservation, Feb-Nov only.
One-day rafting trips downriver from Hoover Dam as far as Willow Beach, for $95 per person including hotel pickup.
SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING
Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort
Hwy-156, Mount Charleston tel 385-2754,
. Late Nov to early April only. Lifts operate Mon-Fri & Sun 9am-4pm, Sat 9am-4pm & 4.30-10pm.
Las Vegas's only ski slopes are almost fifty miles from the Strip. Three chair lifts lead to ten different slopes, graded from novice to advanced; lift passes cost $28 per day, and equipment rental is available.
SKYDIVING
Skydive Las Vegas
1401 Airport Rd, Boulder City tel 759-3483 or 1-800/USKYDIV,
. By reservation.
Leap from an airplane 12,500 feet over the Nevada desert, strapped to an instructor, then free-fall and parachute for a total of well over five minutes, for $175.
WATER SPORTS
Las Vegas Bay Marina
Lake Shore Rd, Henderson tel 565-9111. Hours vary.
Among water craft available for rental at Las Vegas Bay Marina, at 25 miles out the closest point on Lake Mead to the city, are jetskis at $50 per hour or $150 for four hours, and speedboats at $50 per hour or $300 per day. Similar facilities are offered by Lake Mead Marina near Boulder City (tel 293-3484), and Callville Bay (tel 565-8958) and Echo Bay (tel 394-4000), on the north shore of the lake.
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