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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 /

I pop out from under the dark clouds to bright sunshine and a smoother part of Aiken Mine Road, so I'm back on the bike

04330-aiken-mine-road.jpg There's just a bit too much sand on this stretch of Aiken Mine Road for me to ride the bikeThumbnailsAiken Mine Road continues to rise at about a 1% grade, with the Cow Cove area to the right and Button Mountain straight aheadThere's just a bit too much sand on this stretch of Aiken Mine Road for me to ride the bikeThumbnailsAiken Mine Road continues to rise at about a 1% grade, with the Cow Cove area to the right and Button Mountain straight aheadThere's just a bit too much sand on this stretch of Aiken Mine Road for me to ride the bikeThumbnailsAiken Mine Road continues to rise at about a 1% grade, with the Cow Cove area to the right and Button Mountain straight aheadThere's just a bit too much sand on this stretch of Aiken Mine Road for me to ride the bikeThumbnailsAiken Mine Road continues to rise at about a 1% grade, with the Cow Cove area to the right and Button Mountain straight aheadThere's just a bit too much sand on this stretch of Aiken Mine Road for me to ride the bikeThumbnailsAiken Mine Road continues to rise at about a 1% grade, with the Cow Cove area to the right and Button Mountain straight ahead

Valley Wells is no longer visible in the distance, even though I'm only 200 feet or so above it, but I can still see the Clark Mountains rising behind me.