Red Rock climbing
4,069 routes · 4,413 ft elevation
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and the adjacent Calico Basin and Kraft Mountain zones, west of Las Vegas, Nevada. Aztec sandstone sport, trad, and bouldering. A cool-season area.
Access
The 13-mile Scenic Drive requires a timed-entry reservation October to May and has seasonal gate hours. Calico Basin and Kraft Mountain sit outside the Scenic Drive and need no reservation.
Areas
- Black Velvet Canyon (142)
- Black Velvet Canyon Boulders (67)
- Calico Basin (512)
- Calico Basin Boulders (661)
- Calico Peaks (22)
- First Creek Canyon (141)
- First Creek Canyon Boulders (66)
- First Pullout (Calico I) (452)
- First Pullout Boulders (13)
- Ice Box Canyon Bouldering (26)
- Icebox Canyon (85)
- Juniper Canyon (156)
- Juniper Canyon Boulders (6)
- Mt. Wilson (64)
- Mud Spring Canyon (14)
- Mustang Canyon Boulders (21)
- Oak Creek Canyon (116)
- Oak Creek Canyon Boulders (67)
- Pine Creek Canyon (267)
- Pine Creek Canyon Boulders (61)
- Sandstone Canyon (9)
- Sandstone Canyon Boulders (5)
- Sandstone Quarry (297)
- Sandstone Quarry Boulders (24)
- Second Pullout (Calico II) (266)
- Second Pullout Boulders (19)
- Southern Outcrops (41)
- Southern Outcrops (Bouldering) (14)
- The Promised Land (18)
- White Rock Spring (55)
- White Rock Spring Boulders (26)
- Willow Spring (173)
- Willow Springs Boulders (74)
- Windy Canyon Boulders (56)
- Windy Peak (33)
Hikes, approaches and descents
- Black Velvet Canyon Approach — Class 2
- Approach to The Monument — Class 2
- Black Velvet Peak Descent Route — Class 3
- Black Velvet Parking Trail — Class 3
- Black Velvet Parking Trail (upper) — Class 3
- Epinephrine Error — Class 3
- Burlap Direct — Class 4
- Whiskey Peak Approach — Class 2
- Approach to The Rad Cliff — Class 2
- Toad Pool Canyon — Class 3
- Old Bill Canyon — Class 3
- Questionable Decision Canyon — Class 4
- First Creek Trail — Class 2
- Indecision Peak Direct — Class 4
- Ice Cube Canyon (The Maze) — Class 3
- Ice Box Canyon Lower (South Wall Sneak) — Class 4
- Ice Box Canyon — Class 4
- Ice Box Canyon Trail — Class 2
- Ice Box Canyon Trail (upper) — Class 2
- Fastest Juniper Approach — Class 2
- Fastest Cloud & Ginger Approach — Class 2
- Cloud Tower Approach — Class 2
- Ginger Cracks Approach — Class 2
- White Pinnacle Peak — Class 4
- Mt Wilson Traverse — Class 4
- Cleaver Crack — Class 4
- Approach to Sherwood Forest — Class 4
- Approach to Head of State — Class 3
- Mud Spring Canyon — Class 3
- String of Pearls — Class 3
- Mud Spring Approach — Class 2
- String of Pearls West Approach — Class 2
- Mountain Springs Peak — Class 2
- Mud Springs (Direct) — Class 3
- Approach to Black Orpheus Amphitheater — Class 3
- Pine Creek Approach — Class 1
- Pine Creek Approach (upper) — Class 3
- Approach to Y2K — Class 2
- Mescalito Direct — Class 3
- Cookie Monster Approach — Class 3
- Stickler Tower Approach — Class 3
- Approach to Magic Bus — Class 2
- Hidden Falls Canyon — Class 3