Death Valley National Park: Eureka Dunes to Last Chance Mountain
This 28.7-mile weekend getaway travels from Eureka Dunes, the highest dunes in California, to Last Chance Mountain, an 8,500-foot peak in Death Valley.
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Death Valley National Park: Harry Wade Road to Stovepipe Wells CampgroundTrek over dunes, sand flats, and salt pans in the shadow of the Black and Panamint ranges on this 109-mile, multi-day excursion through southern Death Valley. Death Valley National Park: Surprise CanyonSplash through canyon waterfalls to an 1870's ghost town in Death Valley National Park. Death Valley National Park: Racetrack Valley Road to the Nevada BorderClimb through gaping craters and narrow canyons before bagging 11 peaks in northern Death Valley's Last Chance Range on this 46-miler.
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