2023-03-05, 12:22 PM
Just an update from your resident dirtbag on the ground here in DEVA:
NPS is not confident that North Hwy will open any time soon. Apparently they got 4" of rain in that last storm up in that area and the road is destroyed again. Even Scotty's Castle Rd got wiped out again. Access to Beatty is still possible as Mud Canyon is now open, but Beatty Cut-Off was wiped out.
Snow is blocking both passes into Saline Valley and I've heard reports that a car is stuck in South Pass, the occupant having been air lifted out. So that is going to be closed for quite a while.
I've been starting to think about alternate routes into Racetrack & Hidden Valley. The only real option is from Eureka, down DV Rd to Ubehebe and in. But going up 395 and getting over the pass on Big Pine Rd is definitely not happening for quite a long time.
NPS is not confident that North Hwy will open any time soon. Apparently they got 4" of rain in that last storm up in that area and the road is destroyed again. Even Scotty's Castle Rd got wiped out again. Access to Beatty is still possible as Mud Canyon is now open, but Beatty Cut-Off was wiped out.
Snow is blocking both passes into Saline Valley and I've heard reports that a car is stuck in South Pass, the occupant having been air lifted out. So that is going to be closed for quite a while.
I've been starting to think about alternate routes into Racetrack & Hidden Valley. The only real option is from Eureka, down DV Rd to Ubehebe and in. But going up 395 and getting over the pass on Big Pine Rd is definitely not happening for quite a long time.
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