Attention Mud Death Valley Experts!
I will be making my first trip down to SoCal in my 80. Locked, Toyo AT3 33s, OEM subtank, may or may not have winch by then but should have a come-along. Also, may or may not have friend in stockish 2017 Taco joining.
None of us have been to Death Valley before. The tentative plan is to enter on the East through DV Junction head up to Furnace Creek, then down Badwater and out Mengel Pass to Ballarat. Maybe going up Jail Canyon. Up to Panamint Springs for fuel. Then up to Teakettle, Racetrack, Lippincott Mine, Saline Valley Warm springs then hopefully out to Cerro Gordo and up to Lone Pine for fuel and exit toward Lake Tahoe.
I will be going last week of March arriving in DV on a Monday. I will obviously be checking with the park service for the latest conditions and such.
How's the route? Fuel concerns? Anything I should cut? Add? I'm a coastal rain forest dweller, what sorts of Death Valley specific provisions should I be including? Also some tips on great camping spots would be welcome.
I will be making my first trip down to SoCal in my 80. Locked, Toyo AT3 33s, OEM subtank, may or may not have winch by then but should have a come-along. Also, may or may not have friend in stockish 2017 Taco joining.
None of us have been to Death Valley before. The tentative plan is to enter on the East through DV Junction head up to Furnace Creek, then down Badwater and out Mengel Pass to Ballarat. Maybe going up Jail Canyon. Up to Panamint Springs for fuel. Then up to Teakettle, Racetrack, Lippincott Mine, Saline Valley Warm springs then hopefully out to Cerro Gordo and up to Lone Pine for fuel and exit toward Lake Tahoe.
I will be going last week of March arriving in DV on a Monday. I will obviously be checking with the park service for the latest conditions and such.
How's the route? Fuel concerns? Anything I should cut? Add? I'm a coastal rain forest dweller, what sorts of Death Valley specific provisions should I be including? Also some tips on great camping spots would be welcome.
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