Description
This is an easy two night long range dry camping trip. Bring an extra 5 gallons of gas. Campsites (2) will be on the trail.
We'll meet at Kramer Junction (Highways 395 & 58) for breakfast at 9 AM Friday morning. Olancha on highway 395 is our next stop . After dropping tow vehicles and getting last gas we’ll take Highway 190 east 31.5 miles to the trail head at Saline Valley Road and turn left towards South pass in Death Valley.
We’ll make short stops at the box car cabin and the salt tram towers on our way to the hot springs in Saline Valley where we will spend the night. The hot springs are clothing optional. There are vault toilets there. No campfire can be made here since we are in the National Park.
Saturday we’ll make our way over Steel Pass, stopping at Blue Marble Bath. (Blue marbles can be purchased on Amazon in 5 Lb bags). Steel Pass has a very narrow rocky spot. No one should be driving a full size pickup truck. Lunch will be at Eureka Sand Dunes (Vault toilets). The next stops will Crankshaft Crossing, Ubahebe Crater, Teakettle Junction, and the Racetrack. Bring an old teakettle and/or an old crankshaft to leave at the crossroads if you have one you can spare. We’ll camp South of the racetrack at Lippincott primitive camp.
Sunday expect some pucker factor going down Lippincott grade back into Saline Valley (no one has in our club has died there yet). From the Valley it’s back out to Olancha the way we came in Friday.
The photos show on this calendar posting are from the 2016 trip of the same itinerary.
Location
Rendezvous @ Kramer Junction Roadhouse
Meet at Kramer Junction (Highways 395 & 58) for breakfast at 9 AM Friday morning.