2023-07-28, 07:38 PM
This forum's been a bit quiet recently during the summer, but hopefully other folks will chime in with ideas!
Depending on what your preferences are for hikes with your pup on dirt roads:
- Lemoigne Canyon Road is very rough (please don't attempt it in your minivan), and your views will pretty much be the same, of the valley, so I personally wouldn't recommend that one.
- I *think* you should be able to do Aguereberry Point in your Sienna (is it 4WD? one of my cousins has a Sienna which is 4WD and at least last time I was at Aguereberry quite a few years ago I think it'd make it fine). Main concern would be if you have good tires.
- I personally think Hole in the Wall and Echo Canyon are likely to be really good hikes. How far are you thinking you'd be able to hike? I'd recommend looking up distances on those two. As far as the Sienna on those roads, that's really going to depend a lot on the conditions and your comfort level. You may not get far at all by vehicle, or you may be fine for a short ways.
- Chloride City: Just don't come in from Monarch Canyon. That's a serious 4x4 road. Hopefully other folks here can give input on the route in from the Nevada side. But there will be a point past which you shouldn't take the Sienna, as the road gets steep and off-camber (I think there are some good videos on YouTube).
- Cottonwood Canyon / Marble Canyon: If it's not too sandy, you could make it a ways on that road with the Sienna, then hike in. I've seen Priuses at the Cottonwood Canyon gates after the road has recently been graded. I've also been up there where we were very happy to have our stock FJ Cruiser to get to the canyon mouth.
- Telephone Canyon: You probably won't be able to do any of it with your Sienna, but I think that might be another nice hike to consider.
(Disclaimer: I haven't checked the current NPS rules about hiking with dogs on dirt roads, so please double-check with the park rangers to make sure there aren't any rules about no dogs on some of these roads)
Depending on what your preferences are for hikes with your pup on dirt roads:
- Lemoigne Canyon Road is very rough (please don't attempt it in your minivan), and your views will pretty much be the same, of the valley, so I personally wouldn't recommend that one.
- I *think* you should be able to do Aguereberry Point in your Sienna (is it 4WD? one of my cousins has a Sienna which is 4WD and at least last time I was at Aguereberry quite a few years ago I think it'd make it fine). Main concern would be if you have good tires.
- I personally think Hole in the Wall and Echo Canyon are likely to be really good hikes. How far are you thinking you'd be able to hike? I'd recommend looking up distances on those two. As far as the Sienna on those roads, that's really going to depend a lot on the conditions and your comfort level. You may not get far at all by vehicle, or you may be fine for a short ways.
- Chloride City: Just don't come in from Monarch Canyon. That's a serious 4x4 road. Hopefully other folks here can give input on the route in from the Nevada side. But there will be a point past which you shouldn't take the Sienna, as the road gets steep and off-camber (I think there are some good videos on YouTube).
- Cottonwood Canyon / Marble Canyon: If it's not too sandy, you could make it a ways on that road with the Sienna, then hike in. I've seen Priuses at the Cottonwood Canyon gates after the road has recently been graded. I've also been up there where we were very happy to have our stock FJ Cruiser to get to the canyon mouth.
- Telephone Canyon: You probably won't be able to do any of it with your Sienna, but I think that might be another nice hike to consider.
(Disclaimer: I haven't checked the current NPS rules about hiking with dogs on dirt roads, so please double-check with the park rangers to make sure there aren't any rules about no dogs on some of these roads)
Link to my DV trip reports, and map of named places in DV (official and unofficial): http://kaurijacobphotography.yolasite.com