Hiking in Death Valley

February 2012

• Sunday: Petroglyphs
• Monday: Borax BM
• Tuesday: Mormon Canyon, undisclosed canyon, Badwater
• Wednesday: Old Martin Crossing & cabin
• Thursday: Revenue Canyon
• Friday: Red Wall Canyon
• Saturday: Sand Canyon

Petroglyphs in Death Valley:

Borax BM: Overlooking Artist's Palette formations

Mormon Canyon: That's a juvenile chuckwalla

Coyote on the Badwater Road:

An undisclosed canyon:

Badwater at sunset:

Revenue Canyon: In the Argus Range

Red Wall Canyon: In the Grapevine Mountains

Sand Canyon: In the Owlshead Mountains

February 2011

• Monday: Undertaker Canyon to Widowmaker Falls
• Tuesday: Snow Canyon
• Wednesday: Funeral Slot Canyon
• Thursday: Racetrack & Corridor Canyon
• Friday: Unnamed canyon crossing to Jayhawker Canyon
• Saturday: Black Point Canyon

A view of the eastern slopes of the Cottonwood Mountains taken from Stovepipe Wells before and after the snow on 26 February 2011 -- the snow line got down to about 2,000 feet.

Looking back at the Hole-in-the-Wall from the top of the boulders at the start of Undertaker Canyon and Widowmaker Falls at the top of Undertaker Canyon.

A lizard in Snow Canyon and the west side of the Panamint Range after hiking Snow Canyon.

Funeral Slot Canyon.

The sliding rocks of Racetrack Playa.

Corridor Canyon, the U-turn at the south end of the canyon (this is NOT a panorama -- it's a single frame taken with a 28mm lens), and petrified impressions.

Water flowing in the unnamed canyon that starts just north of the two water tanks on Emigrant Canyon Road.

Orange lichen in Jayhawker Canyon.

A fall in Black Point Canyon. On the way out of Black Point Canyon, looking back at the snow that fell as we hiked though it and looking to the east at the Grapevine Mountains with Death Valley Buttes to the right.

February 2010

• Monday: Thompson Canyon loop to St. George mine district, Panamint Valley
• Tuesday: Palmer Canyon, Death Valley (1.4 miles NNW of Titus Canyon)
• Wednesday: valley south of Kopper King Mine, Panamint Valley
• Thursday: Dante's View (almost) to Mount Perry, Death Valley
• Friday: Big Four Mine, Panamint Valley (near the dunes)
• Saturday: nameless canyon (4.9 miles SE of Titus Canyon) & Mosaic Canyon, Death Valley

Peaks in the mountains to the west of the Panamint Valley.

Gravel in Palmer Canyon.

South side of the entrance to Palmer Canyon.

Dry fall in the red rock of Palmer Canyon.

Valley in the mountains to the west of the Panamint Valley.

Mount Perry as seen from Dante's View.

Sunset in the Panamint Valley.

February 2009

• Monday: Grotto Canyon, Stovepipe Wells Dunes
• Tuesday: Marble Canyon
• Wednesday: Stretched Pebble Canyon, Gnomes Workshop
• Thursday: Greene-Denner-Drake Mill, Jayhawker Canyon
• Friday: Zinc Hill
• Saturday: Lemoigne Canyon

Me climbing rocks in Grotto Canyon.

The sunrise seen from Stovepipe Wells.

Marble Canyon.

Me in Stretched Pebble Canyon.

Hills near the Greene-Denner-Drake Mill.

From Zinc Hill looking west.

From Zinc Hill looking east toward Telescope Peak.

Lemoigne Canyon from above.

A mine above Lemoigne Canyon.

February 2008

Wildflowers in bloom.

A view of the Panamint Valley looking east.

February 2007

A storm swept through the valley on the 22nd blowing sand and dust in front of it and dropping rain behind. This picture was taken from the entrance to Grotto Canyon.

They always say to stay out of the abandoned mines, but they are tempting.

January 2006

It's a lot more fun when you can hike with a friend.

Loopy behavior.

January 2005

Water at Badwater.

January 2004

Ben (Chris' son) and me on the railroad grade.

January 2003

If you look at the top quarter of the rock wall image you'll see me taking foolish risks climbing a dry fall in Monarch Canyon.

This image of the dune is blurry, but I included it to give some idea of the scale of the sand dunes near Stovepipe Wells—that's me wandering down the side of the dune.

Sitting down to rest after a successful sand dune ascent.

January 2002

January 2001

Near the Keene Wonder Mine.