Hiking in Death Valley by Eric A. Hulteen

April 2021

Day 1 -- Sunday: Bald Peak from Wood Canyon -- 8.9 miles

me in a Smash the Patriarchy t-shirt Death Valley from the top of Wood Canyon looking east from the top of Wood Canyon horned lizard ridges to the south along the Panamint Range looking west from the top of Bald Peak for trees life is a struggle butterfly with part of its wing missing looking down on Wood Canyon from Bald Peak

Day 2 -- Monday: Mahogany Flats campground from the Charcoal Kilns via the trail and ridge then back down the road to the kilns

lizard in blue mating drag road to the Charcoal Kilns Hole in the Wall from the Panamint Range snow Death Valley from the Panamint Range ridges all the way down tree and rock Wildrose Peak

Day 3 -- Tuesday: Snail Fossils Canyon -- 9.2 miles

snail fossil shell fossil shell fossil Creosote bush erosion pattern alluvial fan wall very steep slope a balanced rock with a scary face rock looks like a head from the side Cottonwood and Marble Canyon gap

Day 4 -- Wednesday: Wildrose Peak from Charcoal Kilns -- 8.2 miles

rock and tree on cliff a Great Basin fence lizard dead tree that looks like a lizard colorful rock strata the Furnace Creek alluvial fan butterfly Colville Ridge roads climbing Rodgers Peak

Day 5 -- Thursday: Colville Ridge from Mahogany Flats campground -- 6.2 miles

Eric Telescope Peak and ridges to the south tree tree valley on the south side of Colville Ridge

Day 6 -- Friday: Titanothere Peak from Titus Canyon Road -- 5 miles

Titanothere Peak Thimble Peak Titus Canyon Road mountain that looks like a sea slug Bighorn sheep Wahguyhe Peak rugged mountain

Day 7 -- Saturday: Peak 7913 (the ridge north of Colville Ridge) from the Charcoal Kilns -- 6.5 miles

Peak 7913 Eric tree canyon to the south of Peak 7913 half white, half black ridge distant mountain ranges rock strata an absence of strata things growing in Death Valley