Hiking in Death Valley

Gravel Ghost

Telescope Peak

Five Spot

Chuckwalla

Eric in the slot canyon

morning snow in the Grapevine Mountains

the Sierra Nevada seen from Death Valley

Wahguyhe Peak seen from Chloride Cliffs

Telescope Peak and Death Valley seen from Chloride Cliffs

Telescope Peak

Eric & Chris roadbuilding

2-inch steel pin to hold vehicle belay cable

Big Bell mine

Big Bell mine shaft

Big Bell mine

Stovepipe Wells

Death Valley Buttes

horned lizard

Joshua trees and mountains

dead alien among the Joshua trees

Joshua trees and mountains

Joshua trees

Joshua trees

lichen and Joshua trees

Joshua trees

petroglyphs

petroglyphs

petroglyphs

mountains

pine tree

Joshua trees and mountains

Joshua trees and mountains

fossils

purple flower

pink flower

mountains from the Niter bed

Eric on the Niter bed

Eric smash the patriarchy

yellow flower

green flower

fractured spherical rock

incoming rain

snow-capped mountains from Stovepipe Wells

snow-capped mountains from Stovepipe Wells

snow-capped mountains from Stovepipe Wells

snow-capped mountains from Stovepipe Wells

snow-capped mountains from Stovepipe Wells

Trail to saddle between Little Corkscrew and Corkscrew

Panorama South from Little Corkscrew

Telescope Peak from Little Corkscrew

Buildings at Ashford Mine

Vertical shaft at Ashford Mine

Moonrise at hike's end

Eric on Emigrant Trail

Rock layers in Titus Canyon

Cracked Calcite in Titus Canyon

Titus Canyon

Salt Creek Pupfish

Salt Creek

Salt Creek

Snow and clouds in the Grapevine Range

Snow on Telescope Peak

Steam cable engine at Keene Wonder Mine

Upper cable turnstile at Keene Wonder Mine

Eric at Keene Wonder Mine

See the same wheelbarrow in 2001, below

Area east of Borax Benchmark

Snow on Telescope Peak from Borax Benchmark

Blue, green, and purple mountains from Borax Benchmark

Eric at Borax Benchmark

picture 1 of polarizing filter rotation comparison

picture 2 of polarizing filter rotation comparison

me with Ben

the Black Mountains from the south

aerial refueling training

slot canyon

balanced rock

picture 1 of polarizing filter rotation comparison

picture 2 of polarizing filter rotation comparison

Amargosa River

from Brown Peak

from Brown Peak

Bat Mountain (see the white "bat" image near the peak?)

near Death Valley Junction

Greenwater Valley

grass savannah

tying my boots

Corkscrew Peak

looking south towards Death Valley Buttes

looking towards Telescope Peak over Joshua trees

large lizard

Grapevine Range

crashed airplane

orange lichen

horned lizard

wind-blown dust

Gravel Ghost

Corkscrew Peak

super-bloom

the "blue mountain" behind Artist's Palette

more blue near Artist's Palette

Five Spot

horned toad

"eye of the needle" on Echo Canyon Road

"a bug"

me

Joshua trees

green lichen

blue rock

petroglyphs

looking at Badwater to Telescope Peak (11,331 ft. of elevation gain)

"sidewinder" rattlesnake

chuckwalla

"epic" scree on Wahguyhe Peak

five mountain ranges,
row after row

range after range

looking straight up in the narrow Sunlight Bridge canyon

looking straight up in the narrow Sunlight Bridge canyon

Sunlight Bridge slot canyon

hills to the south of Nemo Canyon above Christmas Mine

Christmas Mine in Nemo Canyon (Panamint Mountains)

Christmas Mine railroad to nowhere

me on Wildrose

me and the crew

narrows in Lower Foundry Canyon (Black Mountains)

me and the team climbing down a dryfall

tarantula

Black Point Canyon (Tucki Mountain)

Artist's Palette

coyote on the Badwater Road

Grapevine Mountains behind the sand dunes at Mesquite Flats

Death Valley Buttes behind the sand dunes at Mesquite Flats

evoking a castle or palace in the desert

Crescent Bridge (Grapevine Mountains)

Crescent Bridge (Grapevine Mountains)

sunset behind Stovepipe Wells

"eye of the needle" on Echo Canyon Road

Inyo mine shoring

Petroglyphs

Petroglyphs

Petroglyphs

the "purple mountain" at Artist's Palette

the "blue mountain" at Artist's Palette

the "blue mountain" at Artist's Palette

juvenile Chuckwalla

gold

Coyote on the Badwater Road

Badwater

Red Wall Canyon in the Grapevine Mountains

Red Wall Canyon in the Grapevine Mountains

Red Wall Canyon in the Grapevine Mountains

Red Wall Canyon in the Grapevine Mountains

Red Wall Canyon in the Grapevine Mountains

Red Wall Canyon in the Grapevine Mountains

looking east from Sand Canyon in the Owlshead Mountains

Sand Canyon in the Owlshead Mountains

Sand Canyon in the Owlshead Mountains

Sand Canyon in the Owlshead Mountains

looking back at "Hole in the Wall" from Undertaker Canyon

lizard in Snow Canyon

looking at west side of the Panamint Range from Snow Canyon

Funeral Slot Canyon

Funeral Slot Canyon

Funeral Slot Canyon

Racetrack

Corridor Canyon

U-turn at the south end of Corridor Canyon (not a panorama -- a single frame taken with a 28mm lens)

petrified impressions

water flowing in the unnamed canyon that starts just north of the two water tanks on Emigrant Canyon Road

orange lichen in Jayhawker Canyon

a fall in Black Point Canyon

on the way out of Black Point Canyon, looking back at the snow that fell as we hiked though it

looking to the east at the Grapevine Mountains with Death Valley Buttes to the right

eastern slopes of the Cottonwood Mountains taken from Stovepipe Wells before the snow on 26 February 2011

eastern slopes of the Cottonwood Mountains taken from Stovepipe Wells after the snow on 26 February 2011 -- snow got down to 2,000 feet

peaks in the mountains to the west of the Panamint Valley

south side of the entrance to Palmer Canyon

dry fall in the red rock of Palmer Canyon

gravel in Palmer Canyon

valley in the mountains to the west of the Panamint Valley

Mount Perry as seen from Dante's View

sunset in the Panamint Valley

me climbing rocks in Grotto Canyon

mine above Lemoigne Canyon

Lemoigne Canyon from above

from Zinc Hill looking west

from Zinc Hill looking east toward Telescope Peak

hills near the Greene-Denner-Drake Mill

Marble Canyon

sunrise seen from Stovepipe Wells

me in Stretched Pebble Canyon

view of the Panamint Valley looking east

wildflowers in bloom

panorama taken from the entrance to Grotto Canyona of a storm that swept through the north valley on the 22nd, blowing sand and dust in front of it, and dropping rain behind

they say to stay out of abandoned mines, but they are tempting

water at Badwater

Ben and me on the railroad grade

if you look closely, you'll see me taking foolish risks climbing a dry fall in Monarch Canyon

where I should have stayed

this image of the dune is blurry, but it gives some scale of the sand dunes near Stovepipe Wells

me resting with Ellen and Ben after a successful sand dune ascent

me with Ben and Kathy

me working the Keene Wonder Mine