Nevada

Multipitched traditional and some sport cragging at the best time of the year for desert climbing. Sustained sandstone slabs, cracks and dihedrals of classic quality. Classification B.
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The "Frogland" wall in Black Velvet Canyon

Kit on top of Whiskey Peak

by Kit Moore

While winter’s snow was still melting from Toronto’s streets, and Canada geese were thinking about returning north, I made my usual trip south to do some rock-climbing in Red Rocks Nevada and Joshua Tree California.

Most people visit Las Vegas to gamble, rarely to be seen outside their hotels except when they visit other hotels, take a local tour of drive-through wedding chapels, or take a day off gambling to see nearby Hoover Dam. Few visitors know that Vegas is also home to one of North America’s finest rock-climbing locations - the Red Rocks of Nevada.