Greetings,
I am in the planning phase of a backpacking trip to the Owlshead area of Death Valley NP.
I would appreciate if folks that are familiar with the area and roads could give me some input.
I will be visiting DVNP from Illinois. Flying to Las Vegas, picking up a rental car and driving to the park.
I am trying to figure out my options in terms of transportation and logistics.
What does the Harry Wade Road looks like between the junction of Badwater Rd/Jubilee Pass Rd 178 and the crossing of the Amargosa River?
The Death Valley Backcountry & Wilderness Access brochure labels this section as 4WD High Clearance
additionally
What does the Harry Wade Road looks like between Highway 127 and the crossing of the Amargosa River?
The Death Valley Backcountry & Wilderness Access brochure labels this section as 2WD/AWD High Clearance.
Based on photographs that I have found online I am not able to reliably tell if the road classification done by the NPS is accurate
In that same brochure they label the Owlshead Road/Owl Hole Spring Rd as 2WD/AWD High Clearance and I frankly find that hard to believe
based on how many washes cross the road around the Owl Lake basin and Lost Lake basin. But I don't know... it can be that I am just very wrong.
Also, I do have some questions about street tires. I did some driving around the Mojave National Preserve on some of their unpaved roads
there was a lot of wasboard on them, but that was it. Did I just get extremely lucky and avoided a catastrophic flat tire?
Thank you very much for your time and help.
I am in the planning phase of a backpacking trip to the Owlshead area of Death Valley NP.
I would appreciate if folks that are familiar with the area and roads could give me some input.
I will be visiting DVNP from Illinois. Flying to Las Vegas, picking up a rental car and driving to the park.
I am trying to figure out my options in terms of transportation and logistics.
What does the Harry Wade Road looks like between the junction of Badwater Rd/Jubilee Pass Rd 178 and the crossing of the Amargosa River?
The Death Valley Backcountry & Wilderness Access brochure labels this section as 4WD High Clearance
additionally
What does the Harry Wade Road looks like between Highway 127 and the crossing of the Amargosa River?
The Death Valley Backcountry & Wilderness Access brochure labels this section as 2WD/AWD High Clearance.
Based on photographs that I have found online I am not able to reliably tell if the road classification done by the NPS is accurate
In that same brochure they label the Owlshead Road/Owl Hole Spring Rd as 2WD/AWD High Clearance and I frankly find that hard to believe
based on how many washes cross the road around the Owl Lake basin and Lost Lake basin. But I don't know... it can be that I am just very wrong.
Also, I do have some questions about street tires. I did some driving around the Mojave National Preserve on some of their unpaved roads
there was a lot of wasboard on them, but that was it. Did I just get extremely lucky and avoided a catastrophic flat tire?
Thank you very much for your time and help.