Weekend of mischief in DV - Printable Version

Weekend of mischief in DV - Printable Version

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Weekend of mischief in DV - Daymoth - 2023-02-22

We had another super quick visit this last weekend ( us and everybody it appears...it was BUSY!).

We had a blast, all kinds of crimes were commited and I will deny everything. Angel

As usual I had a stupidly long list of things we might want to do, and ended up doing a completely different list of things. This place is just too much fun.

Friday was mostly driving. Was hoping would have time to fit in something short but we were running out of light by the time we arrived. We just stretched our legs by climbing some orange hills with very weird rocks across salt creek.

Friday I wanted to hit certain canyon in the Black mountains that has been on my to do list for years.

(Something something private property blah blah do not trespass.... You know wich one)

We took the side slot canyon and was treated for like a mile of absolute fun in the golden badlands.

Lots of twisty narrows with small fun bridges and easy obstacles.

Big sparkly rocks

We saw this weird orange slabs on the side of a yellow mud hill. This must be a lake bed or something right?

Colorful views

What was extra fun was all the super squeezy side canyons. We droped our packs and squeezed and squirmed and belly crawled. What a joy.

The slot canyon went on and on and on until we hit a gray dryfall where we turned around.

We then checked out the ruins. Really nice ore bin, cabin and outhouse. Several adits too with bat gates.

We then started to head out. What we thought would be a couple of hours quick one became like 6 hours of uninterrupted fun.

Huh Big Grin

To be continued...

RE: Weekend of mischief in DV - Beardilocks - 2023-02-23

Nice! Glad you made it out. Last weekend was a zoo. But better last weekend than this weekend it looks like.

RE: Weekend of mischief in DV - Daymoth - 2023-02-23

(2023-02-23, 09:43 AM)Beardilocks Wrote: Nice! Glad you made it out. Last weekend was a zoo. But better last weekend than this weekend it looks like.

Dang lucky, we were hoping to go this weekend but could not take time off so did last one. May you have beautiful clear skies after the rain though!

RE: Weekend of mischief in DV - Daymoth - 2023-02-23

So since we spent so much time playing in the previous canyon we didnt have enough time to explore up to the Bell Extension as I would have liked to. So we ended up doing just a quick scouting expedition of the salt plans at sunset.

It was stunning.

Sulfur smelling spring with arch

Weird travertine formations

This photo doesnt do these rocks justice, they were stripey green !!!

Was going to check out the Mill but got distracted by a very colourful short canyon.

More fun salt formations

Nice views of Corkscrew

Saw a couple of big cairns on a ridge going north to south. Anyone know what this is about?

And that was it for the day. Its such a pitty that the temperatures are perfect when daylight is so short....

RE: Weekend of mischief in DV - DeathValleyDazed - 2023-02-23

Love those images and agree how much fun it is to get out and scramble around off the beaten path. I hope you make it up to both The Big Bell Extension and The Big Bell. I totally enjoy a loop to the extension December 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG3auSc_2lM

RE: Weekend of mischief in DV - Brice - 2023-02-23

(2023-02-23, 08:41 PM)Daymoth Wrote: Saw a couple of big cairns on a ridge going north to south. Anyone know what this is about?

My understanding of the random cairns in DV is that they mark mining claim boundaries or perhaps mark areas that have been prospected, as in, "this area has already been checked for minerals, go elsewhere."

RE: Weekend of mischief in DV - Daymoth - 2023-02-23

(2023-02-23, 08:52 PM)DeathValleyDazed Wrote: Love those images and agree how much fun it is to get out and scramble around off the beaten path. I hope you make it up to both The Big Bell Extension and The Big Bell. I totally enjoy a loop to the extension December 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG3auSc_2lM

I remember that! That video and your interview of the miner peeked my interest of this area a lot last year

RE: Weekend of mischief in DV - Daymoth - 2023-02-23

(2023-02-23, 09:18 PM)Brice Wrote:
(2023-02-23, 08:41 PM)Daymoth Wrote: Saw a couple of big cairns on a ridge going north to south. Anyone know what this is about?

My understanding of the random cairns in DV is that they mark mining claim boundaries or perhaps mark areas that have been prospected, as in, "this area has already been checked for minerals, go elsewhere."

Oh wow! Maybe it divides Cyty and Sullivan claims from Keane and Etxarren's claims. They were right through the middle.

RE: Weekend of mischief in DV - MojaveGeek - 2023-02-24

Nice pix, nice day! I managed to visit that ore bin before the fence went up. It is definitely a fun canyon.

RE: Weekend of mischief in DV - Beardilocks - 2023-02-24

Some cairns in the park are Native American. Some are mining. Unless they’re on a fan where desert varnish is a factor, it’s very hard to tell the age of them and therefore their origin. But often if there’s heavy prospecting in an area and multiple cairns on ridges, Brice is correct. Cairns marking a pathway or several in a group are almost surely prehistoric.