Red Rocks Nevada Magnet

Red Rocks is along the east side of the Spring Mountains in Nevada - one of the ranges of hills that surround Las Vegas in most directions. Just five miles from the edge of the city, the flat land rises to a great colorful escarpment, formed along a fault zone (the Keystone Thrust) with peaks over 8,000 feet, and including huge cliffs and ravines composed of bands of gray, white and red sandstone, all heavily eroded. The wide empty plains beneath the hills are studded with Joshua trees and other