Who wants to go to Death Valley this fall/ winter

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Broski said:
Count me in.
Those dates work for me. and I’m flexible
I’m a follow a long guy so what ever route you guys come up with is fine with me.
Looking forward to meeting you guys.
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Awesome! Looking forward to meeting you too!
 
Fast Eddy said:
I can't see the logistics between multiple relative issues, GF, boss, etc. working out for me. If it was a long weekend closer to home, maybe.

I wish...
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Sorry to hear you can't make it, Ed. Unfortunately I know how it can be sometimes. I'll be sure to check back with you come summer.
 
So noob question for this area as I have only stayed in NorCal for short trips. How much water, and extra fuel should I bring?
 
TYM4FUN said:
So noob question for this area as I have only stayed in NorCal for short trips. How much water, and extra fuel should I bring?
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For a week-long trip I bring 15 gallons of water, but actually only use half of that. The rest is for emergency.

A general rule for desert camping is one gallon per person, per day minimum. 2 gallons per person would cover bathing and washing dishes, etc., but there will be natural springs along the way where water can be used for washing. Plus, we'll cross civilization every few days.

I also carry 5 gallons of extra fuel, but have never needed it. Some lost tourist relying on GPS might need it though,

HTH
 
landcrshr said:
For a week-long trip I bring 15 gallons of water, but actually only use half of that. The rest is for emergency.

A general rule for desert camping is one gallon per person, per day minimum. 2 gallons per person would cover bathing and washing dishes, etc., but there will be natural springs along the way where water can be used for washing. Plus, we'll cross civilization every few days.

I also carry 5 gallons of extra fuel, but have never needed it. Some lost tourist relying on GPS might need it though,

HTH
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Nice, nothing crazy then. Thank you!
 
landcrshr said:
Sorry to hear you can't make it, Ed. Unfortunately I know how it can be sometimes. I'll be sure to check back with you come summer.
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I need to get retired. It's looking like a couple more years.
 
A whole week? I'll try to join in for some or all of this...

:cool:
 
surfpig said:
A whole week? I'll try to join in for some or all of this...

:cool:
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Yeah, I'm usually good for a whole week.
No plans yet though on where to go after Butte valley, or what day we'll be in DV proper.

Sorry, I should have tagged you earlier.
 
I’m still a go. Not for the whole week tho. I’ll stick around as long as I can. I’m planning on bringing my stock 87 4Runner. Hopefully Mangle Pass is not too bad. Might need a spot or two.
 
SIZZLE said:
I’m still a go. Not for the whole week tho. I’ll stick around as long as I can. I’m planning on bringing my stock 87 4Runner. Hopefully Mangle Pass is not too bad. Might need a spot or two.
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"Mangle" pass, I see what you did there, lol.

That's awesome you're bringing the 4Runner, I was kinda hoping you might!

I've never seen Mengel in too bad of shape. Sometimes though, after it storms, Goler wash can look like this:

Goler.webp
 
landcrshr said:
"Mangle" pass, I see what you did there, lol.

That's awesome you're bringing the 4Runner, I was kinda hoping you might!

I've never seen Mengel in too bad of shape. Sometimes though, after it storms, Goler wash can look like this:

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I can see the line :steer:
 
landcrshr said:
Ok, it looks like the official plan is for the 1st week of April (4/2 thru 4/10).

So who all is on board?
@SIZZLE for sure.
@TYM4FUN for sure.
@vipergrhd for sure.
@Fast Eddy ? Nope.
@Broski for sure.

And what about @workingdog ? This is your thread, I don't want to hijack.

I don't have any particular route planned yet, but I'm thinking we could start with Goler wash -> Mengel pass -> Butte valley since that's always a good way to kick off a DV trip, and a good initiation for first timers.

Since the first day will be a travel day for us up north, that would make the ghost town of Ballarat our launch point on Sunday 4/3, and also the last chance for any stragglers to meet up.

I'm pretty flexible, so let me know what works for you. Looking forward to this!
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I want to go so bad.
 
SIZZLE said:
I’m still a go. Not for the whole week tho. I’ll stick around as long as I can. I’m planning on bringing my stock 87 4Runner. Hopefully Mangle Pass is not too bad. Might need a spot or two.
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So you're going from 4/2 until sometime during the week? Hmm.

The logistics for doing part of the trip from the beginning are a lot easier than trying to find the group in the middle. Hmm.
 
hudd07 said:
Might have to be 4/2-4/6 or something like that. I’m on fence but been following this post since it started.
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I'm pretty sure we'll be back on pavement by 4/5. That would give the short-timers a chance to peel off and turn towards home.
 
Fast Eddy said:
So you're going from 4/2 until sometime during the week? Hmm.

The logistics for doing part of the trip from the beginning are a lot easier than trying to find the group in the middle. Hmm.
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Yeah, probably head down from Bay Area on 4/2 and head back on 4/6.
 
SIZZLE said:
Yeah, probably head down from Bay Area on 4/2 and head back on 4/6.
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What do you think of doing some of the driving the night of 4/1? I'd hate to spend 6-8 hours of daylight on the freeway.
 
IMO, too many dangers associated with night driving. One of them is me falling asleep. I won't feel bad if everyone wants to change the plan though.
 
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