Layne Deakins

If New York is home to the city that never sleeps, Las Vegas is the city of insomniacs, a dazzling playground of gambling, entertainment, fine dining, and nightlife that pushes any idea of rest onto the back burner. But in the mountains that surround the Las Vegas Valley, a quiet desert escape takes form where the ceaseless glow of the Sin City strip doesn’t reach. The McCullough Range—home to the luxury community of Ascaya—is pristine and peaceful, a high sentinel overlooking the city but taki…