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Desert Ghost Town Trek #15b

Death Valley off-road, April 2008
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Day four of this trip begins our first all-wheel drive trek into Death Valley. Entering from Panamint Valley's Wildrose Canyon Road, we climb past where my lousy Mazda overheated in 2005 and I was unable to hike Telescope Peak. About four miles past Wildrose Camp are these charcoal kilns from the mining era.
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Looking down on the eastern Sierras and Owens Valley from the kilns.
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Now we are able to drive all the way up to Mahogany Flat campground at 8,000 feet, which looks down on Badwater basin.
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Checking out the trailhead to Telescope Peak. It's pretty cold up here but the temps are supposed to rise over the next few days so we opt to tour and camp a few days in the warmer valley first.
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Heading north on Emigrant Canyon Road into Death Valley, an all wheel drive detour to Harrisburg ghost town (mining camp) site.
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Aguereberry mine.
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Head stock at top of Aguereberry stamp mill.
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Looking down on Harrisburg from the mine's head stock.
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