Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2007: Death Valley National Park bikepacking / Day 7: Ride from Monarch Canyon to Emigrant Campground, crossing Death Valley along the way 19
I return to pavement and civilization today.
After a brief uphill on the gravel road out of Monarch Canyon to around 3700 feet, it's downhill on paved Daylight Pass Road back into Death Valley, passing Hell's Gate along the way.
I ride across the hot valley on Highway 190 to Stovepipe Wells at 100 feet below sea level, and continue on up to the Emigrant Campground at 2000 feet.
30 bicycling miles down and up.
The tent is now set up at Emigrant Campground and the ten-ton bike relieved of its load
Huff and puff, I finally make it to the Emigrant Campground; my world is slanted here on the fan
I continue climbing Highway 190, looking for signs of Emigrant Campground somewhere on the fan
Looking back down toward Stovepipe Wells on the slow climb toward Emigrant Camp
Heading up Highway 190 toward Emigrant Campground from Stovepipe Wells
I leave the heat of Stovepipe Wells and head up Highway 190 toward Emigrant Campground
The ten-ton bike takes a rest at the Stovepipe Wells general store
A plaque on the side of the Stovepipe Wells general store
Arriving at the town of Stovepipe Wells at 100 feet below sea level
Along 190 crossing the floor of Death Valley
After the descent down Daylight Pass Road, I cross Death Valley on Highway 190
Daylight Pass Road passes through some low hills as it approaches the valley floor
Getting closer to the bottom of Death Valley
Daylight Pass Road approaches the Death Valley Buttes on its way down to the valley floor
Further down Daylight Pass Road, heading toward Death Valley
Back on pavement
I've made it up over the hump on Chloride Cliff Road on the way out of Monarch Canyon
On the road out of beautiful Monarch Canyon
One last glance at the campsite before dismantling it and leaving Monarch Canyon