dryfj.com / drycyclist.com (kevin cook)

40/59
Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 16: Button Mountain to Baker by bicycle via Aiken Mine Road, with a stop at the Lava Tube, Mojave National Preserve /

The Lava Tube Trail leaves the rough road and becomes a short footpath in a Wilderness area (no mechanized vehicles allowed)

04489-lava-tube.jpg The first couple hundred feet of the Lava Tube Trail is actually on rough road that is open to motor vehiclesThumbnailsA recently installed sturdy metal ladder leads down into the Lava TubeThe first couple hundred feet of the Lava Tube Trail is actually on rough road that is open to motor vehiclesThumbnailsA recently installed sturdy metal ladder leads down into the Lava TubeThe first couple hundred feet of the Lava Tube Trail is actually on rough road that is open to motor vehiclesThumbnailsA recently installed sturdy metal ladder leads down into the Lava TubeThe first couple hundred feet of the Lava Tube Trail is actually on rough road that is open to motor vehiclesThumbnailsA recently installed sturdy metal ladder leads down into the Lava TubeThe first couple hundred feet of the Lava Tube Trail is actually on rough road that is open to motor vehiclesThumbnailsA recently installed sturdy metal ladder leads down into the Lava Tube

Down here around 3600 feet elevation, it feels quite a bit warmer than it did earlier today when I was a bit higher up. It may be in the mid 80s now, which is relatively cool for the Mojave Desert in June.