Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2007: Death Valley National Park bikepacking / Day 8: Bike ride from Emigrant Campground up to Aguereberry Point and back 23
36.2 bicycling miles, without my camping gear (yay!)
After much morning indecision, I opt for a day ride up Wildrose Road to see some of the area up there, with no specific destination planned.
It's a fairly hot morning here. However, it's usually a bit cooler higher up, so I bring a sweater with me, just in case. And lots of water, of course!
I'm happy that I can leave my camp site at Emigrant Campground at 2000 feet feet intact and not ride with all the weight of my gear up the hills today.
I end up riding to Aguereberry Point at 6400 feet, not expecting anything too special, but the views there turn out to be quite spectacular.
Breakfast at Emigrant Campground
Emigrant Campground as seen from the public washrooms down the road at the rest stop
The old stone washrooms at the rest stop near Emigrant Campground
An old, unused stone park office sits across the road from the Emigrant rest stop
I choose to ride up Wildrose Road today instead of heading up Highway 190 to Towne's Pass
More rock textures along Wildrose Road
More rocky stuff along Wildrose Road
I stop to investigate a trickle of water that I notice about five miles up Wildrose Road
After rising out of Wildrose Canyon, Wildrose Road crosses a plateau called Harrisburg Flats
I am happy when I discover the old Aguereberry cabin site two miles up the road.
The Aguereberry cabin and outbuildings are in fairly good condition
The rear of the Aguereberry cabin
The kitchen in the Aguereberry cabin
A shower stall in the Aguereberry cabin
Five-panel wooden doors inside the Aguereberry cabin
Beyond Aguereberry cabin, the road to Aguereberry Point crosses the plateau and snakes up through the mountains
I finally reach the Aguereberry Point summit, and meet a family of French tourists there
Me, contented tourist, at Aguereberry Point
A different view across Death Valley from Aguereberry Point
Down the back side of Aguereberry Point, looking toward Harrisburg Flats, from where I just came
I start coasting back down, and enjoy winding through the high-mountain canyons
Back on paved Wildrose Road again, it's a blast riding back down through the canyon.
I enjoy the scenery all the way back down to my camp site at Emigrant Campground