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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Fall: Mojave National Preserve / Day 1: Baker to east side of Devil's Playground, northwest of Old Dad Mountain, by bicycle, Mojave National Preserve /

I haven't been down this road before; I'm ready to ride down to 17-Mile Point (the near hill at left)

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06103-mojave-road.jpg About 1.75 miles past "10-mile bend," I turn right at the blink-and-you-miss-it dirt road to 17-Mile PointThumbnailsI notice a berm of sorts along part of the 17-Mile Point Road, so I climb up it to shoot a photo of the areaAbout 1.75 miles past "10-mile bend," I turn right at the blink-and-you-miss-it dirt road to 17-Mile PointThumbnailsI notice a berm of sorts along part of the 17-Mile Point Road, so I climb up it to shoot a photo of the areaAbout 1.75 miles past "10-mile bend," I turn right at the blink-and-you-miss-it dirt road to 17-Mile PointThumbnailsI notice a berm of sorts along part of the 17-Mile Point Road, so I climb up it to shoot a photo of the areaAbout 1.75 miles past "10-mile bend," I turn right at the blink-and-you-miss-it dirt road to 17-Mile PointThumbnailsI notice a berm of sorts along part of the 17-Mile Point Road, so I climb up it to shoot a photo of the areaAbout 1.75 miles past "10-mile bend," I turn right at the blink-and-you-miss-it dirt road to 17-Mile PointThumbnailsI notice a berm of sorts along part of the 17-Mile Point Road, so I climb up it to shoot a photo of the area

The road looks rideable from here, especially because it's downhill, but I never expect these back roads to be rideable for long on a fully loaded bike. We'll see...