Hiking Western Death Valley National Park: Panamint, Saline, And Eureka Valley - 9780965917858

A hiking and four-wheeling guide to the western portion of Death Valley and adjoining wildernss and Bureau of Land Management valleys and mountains, including Eureka Valley, Saline Valley, Panamint Valley, the Inyo Moutnains, and the Argus Range. The book extols the geology, botnay, wildlife, and scenic value of the region. Here is what the back cover says:Lost between the rugged High Sierras and sunbaked Death Valley, bypassed by most visitors on their way somewhere else, this sumptuous alignment of low desert valleys trapped between mountains reaching over 11,000 feet is a little-known paradise waiting to be discovered. This is Death Valley one hundred years ago, a hiker's mecca filled with salt flats and sand dunes, old mines and ghost towns, awesome canyons, breathtaking summits, delightful springs and unexpected streams, and more miles of unspoiled desert than one can explore in a lifetime.This is the second edition of the first comprehensive guidebook dedicated to this fascinating region. Illustrated with hand-drawn topographic maps, filled with information about the area's rich human and mining history, geology, and botany, it will take hikers and four-wheelers to more than 200 destinations covering a wide range of interests and difficulties.

• | Author: Michel Diggonet
• | Publisher: Michel Digonnet
• | Publication Date: Apr 04, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 576 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0965917851
• | ISBN-13: 9780965917858