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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / Fall 2011: Route 66 bicycle-camping—Cady Mountains, Sleeping Beauty and Kelso Dunes Wilderness / Day 4: Hyten Spring hike, Kelso Dunes Wilderness /

Before reaching the wash that leads up to the Hyten Spring area, I hike cross-country around the left end of the mountains ahead

3753-cactus.jpg I'm up early this morning for the hike to Hyten Spring that I didn't get around to doing last yearThumbnailsI turn for a look across Crucero Valley as I stumble across the rocky landscapeI'm up early this morning for the hike to Hyten Spring that I didn't get around to doing last yearThumbnailsI turn for a look across Crucero Valley as I stumble across the rocky landscapeI'm up early this morning for the hike to Hyten Spring that I didn't get around to doing last yearThumbnailsI turn for a look across Crucero Valley as I stumble across the rocky landscapeI'm up early this morning for the hike to Hyten Spring that I didn't get around to doing last yearThumbnailsI turn for a look across Crucero Valley as I stumble across the rocky landscapeI'm up early this morning for the hike to Hyten Spring that I didn't get around to doing last yearThumbnailsI turn for a look across Crucero Valley as I stumble across the rocky landscapeI'm up early this morning for the hike to Hyten Spring that I didn't get around to doing last yearThumbnailsI turn for a look across Crucero Valley as I stumble across the rocky landscape

It's rocky terrain, a bit up-and-down, and it slows me down, but it's more interesting than hiking the nearby powerline road. I could have set up camp last night a bit further down the powerline road to make today's hike a little shorter.