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Preserving Our Beautiful Canyon
Adventure Saturday!!
Mescalito! Such a beautiful peak in Red Rock Canyon. Mescalito is the tall red capped peak that sits in the back of Pine Creek Canyon. It has been climbed using various routes for over 50 years!
Mescalito is a great example of the Aztec Sandstone of Red Rock Canyon. The various colors are what make it so unique. Did you know that the ranging colors show how much iron was in the sand when the sedimentary rock was formed? Over time water leaches out the color and the iron “rusts” into different hues of red, orange, and pink.
We hope you have a fun adventure today while taking in the beautiful colors of Red Rock!
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