My extended DV stay

[Brice]

I took a "rest" day after the Tucki bridge hike and went up Death Valley Buttes.  Because of the road closure I had to start from the information kiosk.  Daylight pass road is still closed but from what I could see, it's in great shape at least until it enters Mud canyon.



Today I went to bag Little corkscrew.  Things are really starting to green up.



View of Little Corkscrew on the left side.  I hiked straight up to the rock band then contoured around to below the saddle.



It took a couple tries to figure out the best way to reach the high point in the center of the photo, but I managed.



Another look back at Little Corkscrew as I was on my way to the main summit.



Having taken a non-standard route and being first to the summit that day, I didn't see anybody else.  But there were 4 or 5 cars parked at the Corkscrew sign as I drove by on the way out of the park.  A few curves later, a guy is parked in the middle of the road with his door wide open, taking a photo of who knows what.  And then just to underscore the fact that it's a holiday weekend, I saw another guy on the side of the road trying to feed some burros near the Rhyolite junction.  Sigh...