Carving Desert Canyons is the second studio album by American instrumental progressive metal band Scale the Summit.

[4] By contrast to their first album, Letchford described Carving Desert Canyons as "a lot more organized than their debut, in addition to being better produced as it was funded by an actual record label.

Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic assigned a rating of 3.5 stars out of 5, and said that the group were inventive but that the album's lack of "the convenient handholds normally afforded by lyrics and vocals" would eventually bore listeners not accustomed to their style.

[3] Sputnikmusic gave the album an "excellent" 4.0 out of 5, and remarked that Carving Desert Canyons demonstrated a maturation and refinement of the band's musical style compared to the overly-technical Monument, their debut.

writer Chris Ayers compared the material to artists such as Rush, Yes and Cynic, saying that the album would "ensure the band a high position on this year's best-of lists.