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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 14: Clark Mountain Range day hike (north side) from Pachalka Spring, Mojave National Preserve /

Standing in the middle of the old road just beyond the pass at 5050 feet, the next segment of the road reveals itself

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04144-north-clark-mtn.jpg What's left of the old road is slowly starting to slide down the hill and return to natureThumbnailsSeveral rock retaining walls were built along this part of the road to prevent wash-outsWhat's left of the old road is slowly starting to slide down the hill and return to natureThumbnailsSeveral rock retaining walls were built along this part of the road to prevent wash-outsWhat's left of the old road is slowly starting to slide down the hill and return to natureThumbnailsSeveral rock retaining walls were built along this part of the road to prevent wash-outsWhat's left of the old road is slowly starting to slide down the hill and return to natureThumbnailsSeveral rock retaining walls were built along this part of the road to prevent wash-outsWhat's left of the old road is slowly starting to slide down the hill and return to natureThumbnailsSeveral rock retaining walls were built along this part of the road to prevent wash-outs

The road is mostly flat, and even slightly downhill, for the next half mile while it hugs the slope on its way to a canyon on the north side of the Clark Mountain Range.