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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2010, Mojave National Preserve / Day 9: Nipton to Malpais Spring by bicycle via Walking Box Ranch Road, Mojave National Preserve /

I almost missed the old road to Malpais Spring, here it is; I've been watching for it and checking my pre-recorded GPS points

6224-malpais-spring-road.jpg I pass an extremely modest post on Walking Box Ranch Road which marks my re-entry into California from NevadaThumbnailsStagecoach Well sits in the wash along the road to Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveI pass an extremely modest post on Walking Box Ranch Road which marks my re-entry into California from NevadaThumbnailsStagecoach Well sits in the wash along the road to Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveI pass an extremely modest post on Walking Box Ranch Road which marks my re-entry into California from NevadaThumbnailsStagecoach Well sits in the wash along the road to Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveI pass an extremely modest post on Walking Box Ranch Road which marks my re-entry into California from NevadaThumbnailsStagecoach Well sits in the wash along the road to Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveI pass an extremely modest post on Walking Box Ranch Road which marks my re-entry into California from NevadaThumbnailsStagecoach Well sits in the wash along the road to Malpais Spring, Mojave National Preserve

I turn here and drop down into the gulley; Malpais Spring should be a mile or so up that way near the low hills at distant right. Castle Peaks form a backdrop at the distant left.