Death Valley Natl. Pk. Wildrose and Blackrock Well Nov 14-15, 2021

[John Morrow]

My friend Lori has never explored the Mojave Desert.  I picked her up at MacCarran with only a first couple days loosely in mind.  We ended up never leaving Death Valley National Park for her entire week.  She loved gettting to know the place a bit, as we chose to do a wide variety of day hikes rather than backpack.
Here's days 1 and 2:

Sunday Nov. 14.  From the airport on Saturday, we shopped for food and fuel and made our way to two nights camping at Wildrose Campground.  Our first dayhike was a loop.  We hiked the Wildrose Peak Trail to the divide.  Then headed southward on the Panamint Crest over Pt 8380 and returned to the charcoal kilns by walking the Mahagony Flat road back.
Delighted to find petroglyphs in random outcrops of limestone.

Wildrose Trail by John Morrow, on Flickr

Calville Ridge by John Morrow, on Flickr

Late afternoon walking by John Morrow, on Flickr

Monday Nov 15th morning we drove early to Lee Flat.  From the junction to the Boxcar Cabin? we hiked to Blackrock Well.  Then up the canyon through great monzonite boulder landscapes to the top of Point 7046 in the Nelson Mountains for a great early evening view of Saline and Racetrack Valleys.  Not a secret that we saw some rock art.

toward Blackrock Well by John Morrow, on Flickr

Blackrock canyon by John Morrow, on Flickr


distant Argus Range by John Morrow, on Flickr

view NE Last Change Range center by John Morrow, on Flickr

back in the canyons by John Morrow, on Flickr

sunset glow by John Morrow, on Flickr

Inyos in morning light by John Morrow, on Flickr


All Photos:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23557848@N...0215326723

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23557848@N...0215326723

Coming up:  Darwin Falls, Surprise Creek, Cottonwood Mtns/canyons, Badwater, Sidewinder.  I finished my whole Mojave Trip back in the park with a great loop traverse of the northern Black Mtns in the area between Perry and Borax BM, and a final hike of the northern Funeral Mtns and Monarch Canyon.