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April 19, 2024

Search team locates stranded hiker at Red Rock

Red Rock climbers

L.E. Baskow

Climbers scale the rock face within the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area which encompasses 195,819 acres within the Mojave Desert, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2013.

Updated Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 | 3:18 p.m.

Search and rescue crews have rescued a hiker who was stranded at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Metro Police said.

The hiker spent two days stranded in Ice Box Canyon, about four miles west of Red Rock Canyon Road, police said.

He has been rescued and does not appear to have any injuries, Lt. Yaz Yatomi said.

No further details were immediately available.

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