The Rings Trail, located in the Mojave National Preserve, is a fun and short hike that takes you down through Banshee Canyon, including a descent through a steep, tight slot. It's not a hike you will soon forget because you will make your way through the steepest part of the canyon using metal rings and pins bolted into the rock.

Elevation at the trailhead near Hole-In-The-Wall Visitor Center is 4,265 feet, so temperatures could be around 10 degrees cooler than in Las Vegas. When I visited two weeks ago, there was about an inch of snow on the ground. This only added beauty to the hike, but the gravel access road was a mix of slush and mud, and very tricky to drive. This was especially challenging while trying to maneuver around dozens of free-roaming cattle.