- Location
- San Bruno, CA.
Looks like a great time, sorry I couldn't make it.
Hopefully we'll make it out on the trail together sometime this year.
Hopefully we'll make it out on the trail together sometime this year.
Panamint Springs resort is a rustic rv campground in Panamint valley for anyone not wanting to camp in DV. It's a fairly short drive into the valley each day and a great place to hang back in the evening.
Looks like a great time, sorry I couldn't make it.
Hopefully we'll make it out on the trail together sometime this year.
So wish I could have gone with you, I will get under my rig this weekend!
Panamint Springs has rooms for rent as well but they are expensive. The 7 mile 9% grade up Towne Pass between Panamint Valley and Death Valley would be a deal breaker for me though. The truck handled it fine with the trailer, but I know the Jeep would have struggled.
I chose to stay in Beatty NV, about a 40 minute drive to DV. The town sucked, no grocery store, only 1 real restraunt (Denny's). But the hotel was cheap and relatively clean. I stayed at the Stagecoach Hotel and Casino. It was worth it to have a warm bed and shower waiting for me at the end of the day.
Bryan,
I have my first trip to DV planned for middle of next month which is our spring break. I didn't realize how popular this place is in the spring (but it makes sense) based on how hard it is to make room reservations. Would camp but wife really doesn't like it... so I got lucky and got two nights at Stovepipe Wells (it is expensive). I'm hoping to get another night maybe at the Panamint Springs Resort or perhaps Beatty.
Plans are to hit Racetrack Playa, via the loop in Charles Wells guidebook. Also will do Mosaic Canyon, Titus Canyon, and plan to head down to Furnace Creek.
I'm really looking forward to it.
Tons of trails in the Panamint/DV area. During Cal4Wheel's Panamint Valley Days last November, I ran Pleasant Canyon and loved every second of it. Its not a tough trail, but the scenery is incredible. There is lots of open camping in the Panamint Valley desert, so we will head back there every chance we can.
I'll consider putting Pleasant Canyon on our itinerary. Its also in the Wells Guidebook so its easy to find.
I heard it is going to be a super bloom this year for wild flowers. Should be amazing in color.