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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 5: Wild Horse Mesa hike and Wild Horse Canyon Road bicycle ride, Mojave National Preserve /

I walk over rocks and partway back toward Beecher Canyon before turning 180 degrees to get below Wild Horse Mesa

02605-wild-horse-mesa.jpg Panorama across Wild Horse Mesa looking south from near the summitThumbnailsA bright-red firecracker penstemon is always a welcome sight in this often-beige landscapePanorama across Wild Horse Mesa looking south from near the summitThumbnailsA bright-red firecracker penstemon is always a welcome sight in this often-beige landscapePanorama across Wild Horse Mesa looking south from near the summitThumbnailsA bright-red firecracker penstemon is always a welcome sight in this often-beige landscapePanorama across Wild Horse Mesa looking south from near the summitThumbnailsA bright-red firecracker penstemon is always a welcome sight in this often-beige landscapePanorama across Wild Horse Mesa looking south from near the summitThumbnailsA bright-red firecracker penstemon is always a welcome sight in this often-beige landscape

Hopefully this downhill route will work and I won't get stuck somewhere that's too steep for me to descend. I've given myself plenty of time for this descent just in case it doesn't work.