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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 15: Pachalka Spring to Button Mountain, Mojave National Preserve via Aiken Mine Road /

The two-mile ride across the fan on Pachalka Spring Road is pleasant, with good views of the distant Kingston Range

04249-pachalka-spring-road.jpg As I exit the mini-canyon on the way down Pachalka Spring Road, I stop to take a photo back toward the Clark Mountain RangeThumbnailsStill on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakAs I exit the mini-canyon on the way down Pachalka Spring Road, I stop to take a photo back toward the Clark Mountain RangeThumbnailsStill on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakAs I exit the mini-canyon on the way down Pachalka Spring Road, I stop to take a photo back toward the Clark Mountain RangeThumbnailsStill on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakAs I exit the mini-canyon on the way down Pachalka Spring Road, I stop to take a photo back toward the Clark Mountain RangeThumbnailsStill on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar breakAs I exit the mini-canyon on the way down Pachalka Spring Road, I stop to take a photo back toward the Clark Mountain RangeThumbnailsStill on Pachalka Spring Road, but getting close to the pavement of Excelsior Mine Road, I stop for a Clif-bar break

Elevation drops 400 feet more during these two miles. Kingston Range was originally on my list as a possible destination during this trip, but plans always change and I didn't make it that far.