The greedheads are at it again, this time trying to develop some sort of eco-kick-in-the-nuts called a “gypsum reclamation plan.” They hope to perpetrate this miracle on the site of a former gypsum mine, west of Vegas. If my read of the situation is correct, they’re going to build 2500 acres of clapboard post-housing-bubble homes within site of Red Rock. As much fun as that sounds, the project will be a poke in the eye of climbers and tourists enjoying Red Rock.
Didn’t the entire housing market in west Vegas just tank? Do we really need more poorly built housing in a city that’s already one of the hardest hit in the US?
Apparently the greedheads say “yes.”
Click on THIS LINK to sign the Access Fund petition, and check out the information below and lend a hand if you love Red Rock and want to preserve its beauty and the natural integrity of climbing and visiting it. If you haven’t climbed there, then plan to visit. You can do 15-pitch 5.6s in the sun in mid-January, find shady epic 5.9s mid-summer, and climb Grade Vs to your heart’s content (at almost any grade) the rest of the year. One visit and I bet you’ll agree, Red Rock doesn’t need more development within sight of its walls.
Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas, NV, is renowned world-wide for its top-quality climbing and the sense of wilderness that makes climbing at Red Rocks an adventure. Red Rocks’ natural beauty is in danger of forever being diminished by the “Gypsum Reclamation Concept Plan” (GRCP), a massive development at a former 2,500 acre gypsum mine known as Blue Diamond Hill.
The GRCP is a high density multi-use plan to construct a small city for approximately 22,000 people, complete with 7,200 multi-family residences, education facilities, retail stores, and related amenities that will forever diminish the natural beauty and sense of adventure at Red Rocks. The proposed location, Blue Diamond Hill, is clearly visible from all major formations at Red Rock Canyon.
