Death Valley NP & Mojave National Preserve - Dec 2020

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December 24th 2020

Published: February 5th 2021

In late December, Anne and I traveled to southern California for a bit of hiking in Death Valley National Park and the Mojave National Preserve. On our last day there, we did one short hike in the Red Rock National Conservation area in Nevada near Las Vegas. This will be an abbreviated report just to keep it short and save a brief record for reference when we try to remember what we have done when... Read Full Entry

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Anne & Lee

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Anne and I started our hiking trips back in 2001 and have managed to get two or three trips in each year since. Most of the trips were part of our quest to hike in all of the US National Parks, a quest we completed in 2015 with our trip to Alaska and the Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley parks. At that time there were 59 parks. Since 2015 we have revisited some of our favorite areas and those have been blogged as well. Additionally, along the way we’ve taken a couple of trips to Canada where we hiked in most, if not all, of the Canadian National Parks in the Rocky Mountains. And then ... full info

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Teutonia Peak trail

In the Mojave National Preserve. Snow in the desert Joshua Tree forest.

Teutonia Peak trail

Snow in the desert among the blackened Joshua trees.

Teutonia Peak trail

This is taken from the trail up the mountain and is the only picture I have that shows any part of the Cima Dome. The hill in the distance that rises from left to right is part of the dome.

Teutonia Peak trail

From the peak.

Kelso Dunes

Trailhead to Kelso dunes.

Granite Mountains

Mountains in the distance from the Kelso Dunes area.

Barber Peak Trail

The name for the area this trail is in is the Hole in the Wall, named for the multiple holes in the hillsides. The holes were left after volcanic lava, ash & gases covered the area, then, as the lava cooled the gas bubbles expanded forming these large holes.