After meeting our Trail Leader Alex at 7am, the group headed out (8
vehicals) up the 14 to the 395. At Olancha,
everybody filled up with gas for the last time, and made sure all our extra fuel
cans were full. After that, it was up highway 190 to the south end of Saline
Valley Road. There we aired down, then proceeded into the valley via Saline
Valley Road. We climbed the south pass, and then down into Saline Valley. We turned off
at Lippencott Canyon road, and then proceeded up the steep trail into the Racetrack Valley.
Camp for that night was to be at Homestake, near the ruins of the Lippincott
mine in Racetrack Valley.
Click on the picts for a larger view
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Airing down at the begining of Saline Valley Road.. |
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Driving up Lippincott Canyon |
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Driving up Lippincott Canyon, taken from an old mine access road above the main trail |
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Some areas are a bit narrow, and there are more than a few large drop offs along the way. |
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You wouldn't know it, but there is a sheer drop to the right.. |
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