DESTINATIONS NEVADA ACTIVE & ADVENTURE LEFT:


ASK THE EXPERTS


Virginia City’s Bucket of


Blood saloon RIGHT:


Lehman Caves


Susannah Patoki, personal holiday adviser, Virgin Holidays “My favourite activity was Comstock in Virginia City, mingling with the locals and trying homemade apple pie – we even watched a shoot- out. My biggest selling point is the diversity of Lake Tahoe – from mountain bike trails to paddle- boarding, kayaking and water-skiing, while in the winter you can ski and stay at mountain lodges while making s’mores by the fire.”


town harks back to the days when the mail would be dropped by plane (the letter would show which town’s post to drop on which hill). Herds of cattle still roam free but are GPS- tracked by farmers, and the isolation of many parts of the state means that subspecies of fish and birds have evolved here which do not exist anywhere else in the world. Its unique geological structure –


Nevada has more mountains than any other US state – makes it the perfect place for hiking, camping, sky-watching and nature-spotting. There are plenty of campsites and rest areas where you can enjoy a traditional Dutch oven cookout – a one-pot legacy from the pioneering days that is miles away, both literally


Cathedral Gorge is known for its dramatic carved cliffs, narrow canyons and cathedral-like spires, eroded from volcanic rock


and figuratively, from the one-armed bandits in Vegas.


w BACK TO NATURE Every year around 100,000 visitors make the trip to Cathedral Gorge, the national park located 165 miles northeast of Las Vegas and known


for its dramatic carved cliffs, narrow canyons and cathedral-like spires. They were created by the erosion of the rock formed from compressed ash deposited tens of millions of years ago by explosive volcanic activity. Visitors can hike the scenic trails


through the park, with a good starting point being Miller Point, which offers great views of the canyon ahead. There is a campsite, picnic spot and year-round events including the annual Dutch Oven Cook-Off in autumn.


Mike Coombs, sales executive, North America Travel Service


“This was my first visit to Nevada, so other than Vegas, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It surpassed all my expectations and showed it has something for everyone, from the beauty of Lake Tahoe to the wilderness of the Ruby Mountains and America’s loneliest road.”


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w GOING UNDERGROUND How to escape the blazing desert heat? By going underground, of course. The Lehman Caves in the Great Basin National Park date back more than two million years. Around 30,000 visitors every year follow Ranger Ben and his colleagues on guided tours through the myriad of cool, connected limestone chambers, which are full of stalactites, stalagmites, fossils and rare rock formations.


LEFT: The Cowboy Arts and Gear Museum


w LUXURY RESORTS One of North America’s natural wonders, Lake Tahoe’s cool, clear water is famed for its clarity and purity. More than 1,600 feet deep and 22 by 12 miles in area, the lake’s huge volume of water is supplied by 19 different rivers flowing into its depths. It is so enormous it has 72 miles of hiking trails around the banks, which extend into California. The freshwater lake never freezes and is surrounded by nothing but verdant woodland and the occasional luxury resort or golf course. With jet skis banned from the lake, it is a perfect place for kayaking,


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