Old road continues down canyon (view W) |
Colorful canyon walls |
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Approaching bend in canyon with trail marker (view W) |
Trail marker (view W) |
Arriving at edge of Gower Gulch, proper (view SW) |
Trail sign (view W) |
Trail sign (view W) |
Hikers could turn-off to Golden Canyon (view NW) |
Turning down
Gower Gulch, proper (view W) |
Gower Gulch (view W) |
Interesting layers in canyon wall |
Winding down the canyon (view W) |
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Gower Gulch (view W) |
Second turn-off to Golden Canyon (view NW) |
Second turn-off to Golden Canyon (view N) |
Gower Gulch (view W) |
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Gower Gulch (view W) |
Lava cap eroding over mud hills (view N) |
Conglomerate rock walls |
Old mine tailings (view SW) |
Entrance to old mine |
Bat gate lets bats come and go, but keeps people out |
Inside the mine |
Inside the mine (zoom) |
Looking back at mine tailings (view SE) |
Layers of gravel in the wash (view W) |
Side trip: miner's trail on hillside |
Miner's trail on hillside |
Miner's trail on hillside |
Colorful hillsides (view S) |
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Colorful hillsides (view NW) |
Canyon turns hard to the left (view W) |
Canyon turns hard to the left (view S) |
Entering the narrows (view S) |
Approaching pour-over (view SW) |
Looking down pour-over (view SW) |
Pour-over (view SW) |
Looking down pour-over (view SW) |
Looking back up pour-over -- not so bad (view NE) |
Layered rocks in pour-over make easy scrambling |
Layered rocks in pour-over make easy scrambling |
Colorful hillsides (view SW) |
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Low pour-over (view W) |
Approaching sudden end of Gower Gulch (view west) |
End of Gower Gulch (view west) |
End of Gower Gulch pour-over (view west) |
Pour-over bypass trail |
Looking out on the floor of Death Valley (view W) |
Looking back up at hiker atop final pour-over |
Hikers on pour-over bypass trail (view NW) |
Hikers on pour-over bypass trail (view NW) |
Looking back up at hiker atop final pour-over |
Hikers on desert flats (view N) |
Hikers on desert flats (view N) |
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Trail across desert flats (view N) |
Side canyon above desert flats to somewhere interesting? |
Approaching Golden Canyon Trailhead (view N) |
Arriving at Golden Canyon Trailhead (view N) |
Trail across desert flats (view S from Golden Canyon Trailhead) |
Trail across desert flats (view S from Golden Canyon Trailhead) |