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Snow Mountain at Paiute Resort

Snow Mountain calls itself a kinder, gentler Pete Dye design. There are still all the pot bunkers you can throw a club at, but this course does have wide fairways and larger greens. The Resort, owned by the Paiute Indians and built on the reservation, is among the most complete Las Vegas golf vacation destinations.

The massive purplish-gray mountains that provide the backdrop for a course designed with the resort player in mind. More scenic and less menacing than the resort's Wolf Course, Snow Mountain has a secluded feeling that can't be found at many other Las Vegas golf courses.
A 552-yard, par-5, No. 3 requires a solid tee shot or you might have to lay up in front of the water-guarded green. The 342-yard 13th is a short par-4 that offers a chance to shoot over a waste area and cut down the hole's distance. Hit it solid and you should find a small landing area 50 feet in front of the green. Snow Mountain offers this type of risk-reward golf that won't leave the bruises of other Dye courses.

Sun Mountain at Paiute Resort

No Las Vegas golf vacation would be complete without a stop at Paiute Resort. One of three Pete Dye designs here, Sun Mountain is a lush, rolling course that will make you take out every golf club in your bag. Sun Mountain is also named Tav-ai Kaiv by the Paiute Indians who own the resort and the reservation its built on.

The greens here are softer and more undulating than at the Snow Mountain tract. Four lakes come into play on four holes. On most holes there are generous landing areas, but only if you can get over the water or fairway bunkering. Dye uses water and sod-faced bunkers almost interchangeably to test golfers approach shots. You'll see some of Dye's trademark railroad ties on the par-4 sixth. They line the bunkers to create thin, sand-filled lanes waiting to funnel any ball into the sand. The scenery at Sun Mountain matches its desert style and location. Yucca and Joshua Trees and native flowers run alongside most holes. This unembellished beauty is capped off by the views of the Sheep Mountains you get from many tee boxes.

The Wolf Course at Paiute Resort

The most difficult of the three Pete Dye-designed courses at Paiute, the Wolf Course is currently the longest course in Nevada. At 7,600 yards, this layout isn't for the faint of heart. The greens at the Wolf Course hold shots about as well as a buttered tabletop. Bring an arsenal of wedges with your clubs, because it will be difficult to stick anything with more than an 8-iron. Unless you crush it off the tee, some of the par-4s might as well be par-5s. The course's finishing hole illustrates this point. At 476 yards, any wind will put your shot down much sooner than you'd like. Any hint of a slice could send your ball into the lake that borders the hole's entire right side.

Contact:
Las Vegas Paiute Resort - Snow Mountain
Las Vegas Paiute Resort - Sun Mountain
10325 Nu-Wav Kaiv Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89124
(888) 921-2833
(702) 658-1400

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