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It's not only sand here: rocky patches on Death Valley Mine Road provide quite a contrast to the slippery sandy segments

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09141-death-valley-mine-road-800px.jpg The first mile or so of Death Valley Mine Road is rideable despite some sand on the road because it's a bit downhillThumbnailsI pass an old road that is now closed by Wilderness barriersThe first mile or so of Death Valley Mine Road is rideable despite some sand on the road because it's a bit downhillThumbnailsI pass an old road that is now closed by Wilderness barriersThe first mile or so of Death Valley Mine Road is rideable despite some sand on the road because it's a bit downhillThumbnailsI pass an old road that is now closed by Wilderness barriersThe first mile or so of Death Valley Mine Road is rideable despite some sand on the road because it's a bit downhillThumbnailsI pass an old road that is now closed by Wilderness barriersThe first mile or so of Death Valley Mine Road is rideable despite some sand on the road because it's a bit downhillThumbnailsI pass an old road that is now closed by Wilderness barriers

Suddenly I have too much traction instead of not enough. I remember these rocky stretches from when I rode here during my fall 2000 trip.