Mar 27, 2019 — Hollow Rock Peak and South Peak are the last two high points of the sandstone that makes up Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. They're certainly not the best of Red Rock, but are worth visiting if you've been to lots of the other peaks already. I wanted to explore the canyon that cuts between the two from the east, hoping it would allow me to ascend to the peaks. I parked along the dirt road and headed in on a loosely cairned trail leading to the canyon mouth. Once within, I mostly stuck to the creekbed, but sometimes kept to the left on easily navigable scree if the creek seemed too brushy. Overall, I didn't struggle with brush, the route went with little effort, and there was a surprisingly pretty section of trickling water (Class 2+). Once a the saddle of South Peak and hollow Rock Peak, I headed up some sandstone slickrock to the summit block of Sand Hollow Peak, just a big brown boulder. A few 15-foot Class 4 couple of moves with no exposure leads to the summit block, with no exposure. I'll call the whole route Class 4 for this one single move, but other than the summit block, the hike doesn't exceed Class 3.
I continued along the west ridge from Hollow Rock Peak to explore more of the sandstone in this area, and then dropped back to the saddle. A Class 2 slope led to South Peak, and then I continued along the ridge headed southeast to a sub-peak called South Point. Although the ridge from South Peak to South Point was nice (despite the sounds of highway NV-160 below), the steep, loose slope leading down the east slope of South Point back to my car was somewhat unpleasant.
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