Desert Rock Climbing - Red Rock Canyon

Desert Rock Climbing - Red Rock Canyon

Are you a rock climber?  Do you want to try it for the first time?  With the weather being better in Nevada than in many of the usual climbing areas during the winter the climbs at Red Rock Canyon are fabulous,  September 1st through mid May when it begins to get so hot in the desert.

Red Rock rises in a 3000-foot wall of red, pink, and cream colored Aztec sandstone. The cliffs form a north-south trending barrier over ten miles long and are cut perpendicularly with many major canyons and innumerable smaller ones. When you are climbing, the only sign of human impact is an occasional glimpse of the narrow access road, so while you are close to civilization, it feels like you are deep in a desert wilderness area.

On the walls of these canyons and on the towers and summits which lie between them, you will find some of the longest and best non-granitic climbs in the country. The exceptionally hard, high quality sandstone of Red Rock offers long continuous crack lines and steep, exposed face climbing on fine desert varnish. The canyons and cliffs of Red Rock have retained a true wilderness feeling. There are very few established trails in the area and most of the approaches involve easy cross-country travel, often up isolated, narrow canyons lined with juniper and shaded by the many-hued rock walls which rise above.

Half Day Course:

$300 - Private
$225 - (per person) 2 people
$190 - (per person) 3 or more people

Available for Beginner, Intermediate, and Master's level courses. Participants can meet their guide at Red Rock Visitors Center or at any hotel within two miles of the Las Vegas Strip. Pick up time is 8am; return to the hotel by 6pm.

Full Day Course:

$300 - Private
$225 - (per person) 2 people
$190 - (per person) 3 or more people
 

Available for Beginner, Intermediate, and Master's level courses. Participants can meet their guide at Red Rock Visitors Center or at any hotel within two miles of the Las Vegas Strip. Pick up time is 8am; return to the hotel by 6pm.

Multi-Day Course:

$300- (per day) Private
$210 - (per person, per day) 2 people
$170 - (per person, per day) 3 or more people
 

Available for Beginner, Intermediate, and Master's level courses. Participants can meet their guide at Red Rock Visitors Center or at any hotel within two miles of the Las Vegas Strip. Pick up time is 8am; return to the hotel by 6pm.

Red Rock Classic Routes:

• Cat in the Hat: Grade III 5.6
• Olive Oil: Grade III, 5.7
• Frog Land: Grade III, 5.8
• Crimson Chrysallis: Grade IV, 5.9
• Epinephrine: Grade V, 5.9
• Rainbow Buttress: Grade IV, 5.9
• Refried Brains: Grade V, 5.9
• Black Orpheus: Grade IV, 5.9+
• Dream of Wild Turkeys: Grade III, 5.10
• Triassic Sands: Grade III, 5.10
• Eagle Dance: Grade V, 5.10, A1

Location: Red Rock, NV

Toll Free: 800-424-2249