2024-10-19, 08:57 PM
(2024-10-19, 05:43 PM)VintageDUG Wrote: Telephone Canyon was freshly graded after Hillary. We cruised through there a few months ago in 2wd.
Wow, that's news. I only remember Telephone being two-track. But last trip was quite a while ago, in March 2016, and that time we encountered some (minor) rock steps prior to the canyon fork. Good to know NPS has put some work into that road.
@bluegreen_kayak, I think hiking from the paved road over to Telephone should be fine. Just aim carefully since I recall there are some hilly berms to watch out for and I can't remember well enough to guarantee you won't get cliffed out.
I do know that years ago Steve Hall did, at my suggestion, the canyon just north-east (?) (whichever direction is towards Stovepipe if I'm getting my directions mixed up this late at night) and found an old car quite ways up the wash, which was a cool find.
Link to my DV trip reports, and map of named places in DV (official and unofficial): http://kaurijacobphotography.yolasite.com