Driving towards Race Track Valley |
Race Track Rd |
Race Track Rd |
Race Track Rd |
Tin Mt? |
Race Track Rd |
Race Track Rd |
Race Track Rd |
Race Track Rd |
Race Track Rd |
Race Track Rd |
Entering Race Track Valley |
Entering Race Track |
Entering Race Trackonument |
Race Track |
Race Track |
Race Track |
Race Track |
Race Track |
Race Track |
Race Track (east ridge) |
Race Track (north and east) |
Grand Stand |
Race Track |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Cactus |
Down the canyon |
Wildflowers |
Down the canyon |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Down the canyon |
Into the canyon |
Cacti |
Down the canyon |
Up the canyon |
Plants |
Into the canyon |
Down the canyon |
Into Quail Canyon |
Into Quail Canyon |
Many little waterfalls to downclimb (no water) |
Into the canyon |
Into the canyon |
Into the canyon |
Into the canyon |
Into the canyon |
Into the canyon |
First view of Saline Valley |
Some big drops (but not difficult to find a way to get around them) |
Wildflowers |
The waterfall from the other side |
Another big drop |
Another big drop (the canyon bed is 20 meters below us) |
Another big drop (the canyon bed is 20 meters below us) |
The waterfall from the other side |
The way to get around it |
Into the canyon |
Into the canyon |
Yet another big drop |
Alien ball |
Downclimbing |
Downclimbing |
Downclimbing |
Into the canyon |
And now: bushwhacking (some underground springs, obviously) |
Saline Valley getting closser |
Actual water coming down from a southeastern tributary |
Follow the creek |
Follow the creek |
Almost in Saline Valley |
Saline Valley |
Saline Valley |
Saline Valley |
Heading south towards Saline Valley Rd |
Heading south towards Saline Valley Rd |
Heading south towards Saline Valley Rd |
Heading south towards Saline Valley Rd |
Heading south towards Saline Valley Rd |
Heading south towards Saline Valley Rd |
Cactus flower |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Found the road! |
Looking back at the route to Quail Canyon |
Looking back at the route to Quail Canyon |
Looking back at the route to Quail Canyon |
Looking back at the route to Quail Canyon |
Mountains ahead |
Follow Salive Valley Rd south |
Cactus flower |
Cactus flower |
Follow the road |
Follow the road |
A few springs along the road |
Nest of? |
Nest of? |
The dirt road coasts a dry riverbed |
The dirt road coasts a dry riverbed |
Looking towards Saline Valley |
Looking towards Saline Valley |
The implacable road |
Saline Valley |
Almost at Hunter Mt |
Hunter Mt Rd |
Joshua trees almost at the junction |
The junction with Hunter Mt Rd, and beginning of the descent into Mill Canyon |
The junction with Hunter Mt Rd, and beginning of the descent into Mill Canyon |
The junction with Hunter Mt Rd, and beginning of the descent into Mill Canyon |
Lake Hill |
Telescope Peak far down south |
We abandon Saline Valley Rd |
Lake Hill down below: we finally see the destination |
Down Mill Canyon |
Mill Canyon |
Mill Canyon |
Mill Canyon |
Mill Canyon |
Mill Canyon |
Mill Canyon |
Mill Canyon |
Wildflowers |
Wildflowers |
Mill Canyon |
Spring |
Spring |
Spring |
Deadly encounter with mountain lion (puma) |
The tallest waterfall to bypass |
The way to bypass it |
The waterfall to the left and the bypass to the right |
The endless Mill Canyon |
The endless Mill Canyon |
The endless Mill Canyon |
The endless Mill Canyon |
The endless Mill Canyon |
The endless Mill Canyon |
Lake Hill |
Panamint Sand Dunes |
Lake Hill |
Lake Hill |
Panamint Sand Dunes |
Sand dunes |
Panamint sand dunes |
Lake Hill from the Sand Dunes |
The Hill |
Sand dunes |
Sand dunes |
Sand dunes |
Sand dunes |
Sand dunes |
Sand dunes |
Sand dunes |
Eastern wall of Lake Hill |
Looking towards Panamint Springs |
Eastern mountain |
The hill of Lake Hill |
The hill of Lake Hill |
Looking down at Lake Hill |
At the sand dunes |
At the sand dunes |
Eastern wall of Lake Hill |
At the sand dunes |
Hunter Mt |
Panamint Sand Dunes |
Road bend |
Mountain to the right/east |
Old vehicles along Lake Hill Rd |
Panamint Sand Dunes |
The road |
The turn off to Lake Hill Rd is on the other side |
Lake Hill Rd |
Old vehicles |
Old vehicles |
Lake Hill's hill |
Eastern wall |
Lake Hill |
Highway 190 cutting through Lake Hill |
Lake Hill looking towards Panamint Sand Dunes |
Tank in the middle of the desert |
Hunter Mt from Panamint Springs |
Lake Hill from above Panamint Springs |
Lake Hill from a hill to the southeast (the Panamint Sand Dunes are way in the back, a white strip up on the mountain) |