Hiking Western Death Valley National Park - Panamint, Saline, and Eureka Valley

Explore Western Death Valley National Park with the first comprehensive guidebook to this amazing California region.

Lost between the rugged High Sierras and the glamor of Las Vegas, bypassed by most visitors on their way somewhere else, Death Valley is a sumptuous alignment of low desert valleys trapped between mountains that reach over 11,000 feet. This little-known and largely unexplored paradise is waiting to be discovered. Western Death Valley is a hiker’s mecca filled with salt flats and sand dunes, old mines and ghost towns, awesome canyons, breathtaking summits, delightful springs, unexpected streams, and more miles of unspoiled desert than one can explore in a lifetime.

Hiking Western Death Valley National Park by Michel Digonnet is the first comprehensive guidebook that’s completely dedicated to this fascinating region. Illustrated with hand-drawn topographic maps, ripe with information about the area’s rich human and mining history, geology, and botany, this updated second edition takes hikers and four-wheelers to more than 200 destinations, covering a wide range of interests and skill levels.

Book Features:

• More than 80 trips divided into seven sections


• Fascinating information about history, geology, and weather


• Introduction to the desert’s flora and fauna


• Expert tips on hiking time, hazards, ethics, and regulations

List of contents

Foreword

About This Book

1. Natural and Human History

2. Backcountry Use: Tips, Ethics, and Regulations

3. Facilities

4. Eureka Valley

• Cucomungo Canyon


• Crater


• Lead Peak


• The Up and Down Mine


• The Eureka Dunes


• The Hidden Dunes


• The Piper Road


• Soldier Pass Canyon


• Joshua Flats and Mount Nunn


• Loretto


• Eureka Valley’s Talc Mines


• Marble Canyon


• Andrews Mountain

5. The Western Last Chance Range

• Lucky Rich Canyon


• The Blue Jay Mine


• Ubehebe Peak


• The Ubehebe Trail


• The Dodd Springs Trail


• Grapevine Canyon


• Hunter Mountain

6. Saline Valley

• The Warm Springs


• Hikes Around the Warm Springs


• The Steel Pass Road


• Saline Valley’s Talc Mines


• The Saline Valley Sand Dunes


• Salt Lake


• Little Hunter Canyon


• The Big Silver Mine

7. The Inyo Mountains

• Waucoba Canyon


• Bunker Hill Canyon


• Lead Canyon


• The Blue Monster Mine


• Paiute Canyon


• McElvoy Canyon


• Beveridge Canyon


• Beveridge


• Hunter Canyon


• The Bighorn Mine


• Craig Canyon


• The Salt Tramway


• Cerro Gordo


• The Swansea-Cerro Gordo Road


• Malpais Mesa


• Talc City Hills

8. The Western Panamint Range

• The Big Four Mine


• Panamint Canyon


• Dolomite Canyon


• Wildrose Canyon


• Jail Canyon


• Hall Canyon


• Surprise Canyon


• Panamint City


• Sentinel Peak


• Happy Canyon


• Pleasant Canyon


• Slims Peak


• Porter Peak


• South Park Canyon


• Coyote Canyon


• Goler Canyon

9. Panamint Valley

• The Panamint Valley Dunes


• North Panamint Playa


• The Nadeau Trail


• Tufa, Crater, and Sulfur Springs


• Ballarat


• Reilly

10. Darwin Plateau and the Argus Range

• Lee Flat


• The Nelson Range Mines


• The Lee Mine


• Lee Wash


• Darwin Hills


• Darwin Canyon


• Zinc Hill


• Stone Canyon


• Lookout and the Modoc Mine


• The Minnietta Mine and Thompson Canyon


• Snow Canyon


• Revenue Canyon


• Knight Canyon


• Shepherd Canyon


• Mine Peak


• Water Canyon

Bibliography

Index of Destinations

Index

About the author

Michel Digonnet is a professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University. Other than his lifelong interest in photonics and fiber sensors, he has been exploring many of the deserts of North America and other continents, and he has written several books on desert national parks of the United States.

Summary

Explore Western Death Valley National Park with the first comprehensive guidebook to this amazing California region.

Lost between the rugged High Sierras and the glamor of Las Vegas, bypassed by most visitors on their way somewhere else, Death Valley is a sumptuous alignment of low desert valleys trapped between mountains that reach over 11,000 feet. This little-known and largely unexplored paradise is waiting to be discovered. Western Death Valley is a hiker’s mecca filled with salt flats and sand dunes, old mines and ghost towns, awesome canyons, breathtaking summits, delightful springs, unexpected streams, and more miles of unspoiled desert than one can explore in a lifetime.

Hiking Western Death Valley National Park by Michel Digonnet is the first comprehensive guidebook that’s completely dedicated to this fascinating region. Illustrated with hand-drawn topographic maps, ripe with information about the area’s rich human and mining history, geology, and botany, this updated second edition takes hikers and four-wheelers to more than 200 destinations, covering a wide range of interests and skill levels.

Book Features:

• More than 80 trips divided into seven sections


• Fascinating information about history, geology, and weather


• Introduction to the desert’s flora and fauna


• Expert tips on hiking time, hazards, ethics, and regulations

Product details

• Authors: Michel Diggonet
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2023
• EAN: 9780965917858
• ISBN: 978-0-9659178-5-8
• No. of pages: 576
• Illustrations: Farb., s/w. Fotos, Abb.
• Subjects: Travel > Sports and active travel > North and Central America; Walking, hiking, trekking, SPORTS & RECREATION / Hiking, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Deserts, Arid zones, deserts