2022-02-26, 08:14 PM
(2022-02-26, 10:36 AM)Beardilocks Wrote: I am a bit of a Death Valley back country rat and I love getting far off the beaten path. I'm in the planning stages for my next big trip to the SW (winter 2022/23). I'd like to hear anyone's ideas on bucket list through hikes. You don't have to have done it. It just has to be epic. Lol.
As far as myself, I have done Drybone through from top to bottom as well as Aguereberry through to Furnace Creek. Each as an overnight.
I've been vaguely eyeing something in the eastern Wingate Wash area to the Owlsheads. I have also been trying to find a route down the spine of the Cottonwoods, maybe from the end of Whitetop Rd to Heart of Stone, although that's unlikely to be a through hike unless I went down Bighorn.
I'm really open to any corner of the park and 4wd HC is not a problem.
Two known loops could be extended:
Marble/Cottonwood: Up Cottonwood to spring then onward to Hunter Mtn. Drop down to BigDodd/Grapevine canyon and head north to Racetrack. Return Ulida/Sand Flat/Upper Marble.
Surprise/Happy: Up to Panamint pass and Hungry Bill Ranch. Then S Fk Johnson to Warm Spring via a trail travsering between 5600 and 4600 feet to Gold Hill. Extend more into Anvil Spring Canyon (lowest saddle) then Butte Valley. Return to Happy on Panamint Crest gained at Redlands Cany divide.
Marble/Cottonwood Loop via Emigrant Campground: This is a nice way to extend yet less than 40 miles:
http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8022827