dryfj.com / drycyclist.com (kevin cook)

4/59
[ stop the slideshow ]

Today's Ivanpah Road, an important north-south corridor in the Mojave National Preserve, is visible behind me

Reduce slideshow speed Increase slideshow speed Do not repeat slideshow Previous Pause slideshow Next
7730-ivanpah-railway.jpg Upon leaving the Lecyr Spring area, I can see across the upper part of Lanfair Valley to the Castle MountainsThumbnailsThis stretch of the old Ivanpah railway bed is really returning to natureUpon leaving the Lecyr Spring area, I can see across the upper part of Lanfair Valley to the Castle MountainsThumbnailsThis stretch of the old Ivanpah railway bed is really returning to natureUpon leaving the Lecyr Spring area, I can see across the upper part of Lanfair Valley to the Castle MountainsThumbnailsThis stretch of the old Ivanpah railway bed is really returning to natureUpon leaving the Lecyr Spring area, I can see across the upper part of Lanfair Valley to the Castle MountainsThumbnailsThis stretch of the old Ivanpah railway bed is really returning to natureUpon leaving the Lecyr Spring area, I can see across the upper part of Lanfair Valley to the Castle MountainsThumbnailsThis stretch of the old Ivanpah railway bed is really returning to natureUpon leaving the Lecyr Spring area, I can see across the upper part of Lanfair Valley to the Castle MountainsThumbnailsThis stretch of the old Ivanpah railway bed is really returning to nature

I've often looked up at this old railway bed while riding up Ivanpah Road, but never got around to hiking it until today. I did hike a piece of it north of Bathtub Spring in my May 2011 trip out here.