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Ghost Town / Desert Trek #18d

Saline Valley, April 2009
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Day six, departed Box Car Cabin and passed through Lee Flat, one of the largest Joshua forests in the state. We hadn't provisioned since day three at Beatty, so detoured to Panamint Springs for gas, ice and beer. They didn't stock the latter, so we had to go all the way to Trona for that essential.
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Retraced back up Hunter Mountain Road to Saline Valley Road.
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Finally dropping down into Saline Valley, the last leg of our trip.
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Saline Valley Road is about 50 miles of rocky washboard road end to end, with a handfull of residents in the middle and no stores or businesses of any kind. Having a flat tire on day two of this trip made me nervous and I took it slow.
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The high peak in the distant range on the right is Ubehebe Peak, which puts Racetrack Valley, from a few days ago, on the other side of it.
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Salt Lake in the middle of the valley.
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Old salt mining trams.
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Oasis area where there are a few scattered residents.
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Looking west to Big Silver Mine and some of the big peaks in the Inyo Mountains.
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Saline Valley Marsh, a protected area.
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Old Borax Works site.
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Hunter Canyon.
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East off Saline Valley Road is Bat Rock Road, the entrance of which is unmarked has unerrvingly deep sand shortly in. I found a different cutoff farther north I was more comfortable with. They both lead you to this sign, which guides you to the hot springs.
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Looking back west across the huge wash we traversed, with the Saline Dunes in the distance.
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