Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / Fall 2012: Mojave National Preserve bicycle-camping and hiking, Lanfair Valley loop
The 10-ton bike and I take Amtrak to Primm, NV, the start and end of this 8-day bicycle-camping loop around part of Lanfair Valley. Excellent Thanksgiving-week weather and I visit Piute Spring and Hackberry Spring for the first time. Probably my last bikepacking trip for a while though, unfortunately. 131 bicycle miles and 22 hiking miles.
Day 1: Nipton to Slaughterhouse Spring, Mojave National Preserve
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Day 2: Slaughterhouse Spring hills and old Ivanpah railway bed hike
59 photos
Day 3: To the Lost Campsite in Lanfair Valley from Slaughterhouse Spring, via Hart Mine Road
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Day 4: The Lost Campsite to Piute Gorge by bicycle
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End of day 4: Piute Gorge hike to Piute Spring to filter water
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Day 5: Round-trip bicycle ride from Piute Gorge to Hackberry Spring via Rattlesnake Mine
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Day 6: Old Government Road day hike to Piute Spring from Piute Gorge campsite
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Day 7: Crossing Lanfair Valley: Piute Gorge to Bathtub Spring by bicycle via Mojave Road and Ivanpah Road
45 photos
Day 8: Ivanpah Rd to Nipton and then Primm the next morning
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