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Death Valley- East Bay CA Meet Up Trip Nov 4-7th, 2021
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START DATE
Thursday, November 04, 2021
09:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)09:00 Hrs GMT -8:00 -
END DATE
Sunday, November 07, 2021
02:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)14:00 Hrs GMT -8:00
RALLY POINT EVENT
OVERLAND BOUND REGION
US West
EVENT TYPE
Trip
DIFFICULTY
4 - MODERATE 2
Rally Point Event
Terrain Type
- Dirt Road
- Highway
- Sand
Recommended
- 4WD
- Lift
- Off Road Tires
- Sliders
Channel
- HAM 146.460
Rally Point Details:
Welcome to the East Bay Meet Up Death Valley Trip!
Because this trip is a high dirt mileage trip and we will have 15 rigs these basic requirements are REQUIRED. If you arrive missing one of these requirements we encourage you to go have a great solo trip but it will put the larger group at risk traveling with us. Prepare-Outfit-Explore
REQUIREMENTS!
Offline navigation- many areas do not have phone service so you need an offline map solution, the attached GPX works great in Gaia. Pay for the app if you don’t have it, it could save your life. Paper maps always work as well. :)
HAM radio- even if you don’t have a license you can listen in legally, there are a number of handheld radios that are satisfactory on Amazon available from $35-$200. Baofeng to Yaesu
Extra fuel- prepare to bring 80-100 miles worth of extra fuel
Amber Chase Lights- this is absolutely critical as our group will kick up a lot of dust and the wavelength of amber goes the furthest through dust clouds. Please mount them higher up on the rear of your vehicle and they can be battery operated, plug-in to a cigarette lighter, or hardwired to a switch on your vehicle. KC HiLites makes round amber cyclones that are reasonably priced and can be placed almost anywhere with a single bolt. You must have rear amber lights to join this trip to help keep others from rear-ending you on the trail.
Off road tires, no stock side steps, prepared for dispersed camping including pooper/water/food/full size spare/tools/sleeping preparations
While this trip is technically 3 nights and 4 full days you will likely want to camp Wednesday night at Trona Pinnacles (coordinates 35.61688, -117.37214) as the trip starts November 4th at 9am from Trona Pinnacles.
Trona campsites are free and mostly wide open spaces so look for the largest group you see. We will meet up at 9am and head out by 9:30am after our driver’s meeting.
Day 1
9:30am departure
Trona Pinnacles to Warm Spring Camp- 50 dirt miles
We will pass over the Panamint Mountain Range and see:
Goler Wash
Barker Ranch- Charles Manson hide out and arrest location
Mengel Pass
Geologist Cabin
Warm Spring Camp
Shorter drive day but with sites to see and technical sections of Mengel pass we will still need to keep a decent pace. Warm Spring Camp is a great place to explore with the springs running down, abandoned houses, an empty swimming pool, and talc mine if the gate is open.
Day 2
8am departure-
Warm Spring Camp to Sand Hill Peak- 80 miles highway and dirt
Tourist Day- Badwater Basin, Devil’s Golf Course, Artist’s Drive
Furnace Creek Fuel Up if needed
Echo Canyon
Sand Hill Peak general area to camp, TBD
Day 3
8am departure
Sand Hill Peak to Ubehebe Talc Mine- 140 miles highway and dirt
Fuel up at Beatty CA
Titus Canyon
Ubehebe Crater- probably lunch here
Ubehebe Crater to Teakettle Junction then to Race Track, there are lots of washboard roads that we need to keep a good pace over, make sure your bolts and nuts are tightened ahead of time on racks and external gear
After Race Track back up to Teakettle and over to Ubehebe Talc Mine
Day 4
9:30am departure- 40 miles of dirt
Ubehebe Talc Mine to Father Crowley Point (Jets)
Hunter Mountain pass down to 190E to see if we catch the jets
Head home
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- Start Point: Unnamed Road, California, USA GPS Coordinates: 35.61688, -117.37214 Notes: Trona Pinnacles Trip Start, Nov 4th 9am
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