2023-02-11, 09:51 AM
Panamint Valley has a lot to offer, and south of 190 the valley floor is pretty much outside the park boundaries, so wide open and unregulated. A bunch of the canyons on the west side of the Panamints (Happy, Surprise, Jail, Tuber come to mind) have springs and surprising amounts of vegetation, sometimes choking in places. On the west side, the canyons of the east side of the Argus range have a number of old mine roads and ruins, and the mouths are generally fairly accessible with sedan type vehicles. I'm thinking Knight, Revenue, Snow, Stone for example. A lot of old miner trails in there too.
I don't know how the permit system works, but if it requires getting a permit from a human, you're stuck dealing with visitor center hours. But if you camp in national parks you're usually stuck with permit systems, even hiking. National forest or BLM land is much more open that way, though often harder to get info about, a barrier that is fading with the growth of the internet, youtube vids, etc.
I don't know how the permit system works, but if it requires getting a permit from a human, you're stuck dealing with visitor center hours. But if you camp in national parks you're usually stuck with permit systems, even hiking. National forest or BLM land is much more open that way, though often harder to get info about, a barrier that is fading with the growth of the internet, youtube vids, etc.