guardcompany
Shea
Doing Death Valley next week and the route we have planned is:
Day 1: San Diego > Baker > Warm Springs Canyon Road > Camp near the Mengel's Cabin
Day 2: Mengel Pass > Barker Ranch > Goler Wash > Trona Road > Blacktop up to 190 > Panamint Springs > Old Toll Rd/Darwin Springs > Darwin Rd > 190 > Saline Valley Rd > Hunter Mtn Road > Camp near Jackass Creek on top of Hunter Mtn
Day 3: Hunter Mtn > Goldbelt Springs > Teakettle Junction > Racetrack > Lippencott Road > Saline Valley Dunes > Lower Warm Springs Rd > Steel Pass > Camp near Eureka Dunes.
Day 4: Eureka Dunes > Loretta Mine Rd > Death Valley Rd > Big Pine to San Diego.
I can attach my GPS file if anyone is confused. My question is... is this too ambitious? Too many miles in 3 nights? I'm not a big on sitting around camp, but I like getting to camp early enough to setup and cook before dark. So I'm on the fence. Do I skip the Darwin section and just take 190 to Saline Valley Road?
Thanks in advance, its my first trip in DV.
Day 1: San Diego > Baker > Warm Springs Canyon Road > Camp near the Mengel's Cabin
Day 2: Mengel Pass > Barker Ranch > Goler Wash > Trona Road > Blacktop up to 190 > Panamint Springs > Old Toll Rd/Darwin Springs > Darwin Rd > 190 > Saline Valley Rd > Hunter Mtn Road > Camp near Jackass Creek on top of Hunter Mtn
Day 3: Hunter Mtn > Goldbelt Springs > Teakettle Junction > Racetrack > Lippencott Road > Saline Valley Dunes > Lower Warm Springs Rd > Steel Pass > Camp near Eureka Dunes.
Day 4: Eureka Dunes > Loretta Mine Rd > Death Valley Rd > Big Pine to San Diego.
I can attach my GPS file if anyone is confused. My question is... is this too ambitious? Too many miles in 3 nights? I'm not a big on sitting around camp, but I like getting to camp early enough to setup and cook before dark. So I'm on the fence. Do I skip the Darwin section and just take 190 to Saline Valley Road?
Thanks in advance, its my first trip in DV.