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Calico Hills at Red Rock Canyon

I spent the afternoon scrambling in the Calico Hills at Red Rock Canyon in November 2026. The late afternoon sun was lighting up the white and red sandstone, and the shadows were already stretching across the desert floor below. It topped out around 64, the sky was completely clear, and the wind never really got going, maybe 6 miles an hour. It was a great afternoon to be out.

The Calico Hills are a well known stretch of sandstone in Red Rock Canyon, and people come here to scramble on them. That same afternoon there were people and gear spread out down in the wash, and I watched a climber on the tan rock with the hills stacked up behind.