[pure-silver] Re: Shooting in the desert
- From: Bogdan Karasek <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 17:39:50 -0400
Hi Howard,
Thanks for the information. That is exactly the kind of info that I
needed. I was sitting with a California road map last night and my
calipers and trying to work out the distances. They give the miles
between the red points only for paved roads and of course, some of the
paved stop in the middle of nowhere and becomes unpaved and no more mileage.
From what I can see, a good first day trip might be to acquaint myself
with the park by driving to the Visitors' center at Furnace Creek via
the 178 through Bad Water, on to Stovepipe Wells and then circle back
to Tecopa via the 190 with a detour to check out Dante's View and head
back home. It'll give me an idea of what the road conditions are like
and what the terrain is like. There's going to be a full moon on the
18th of June, so somebody suggested doing a trip to Zabriskie Point the
night before to shoot at dusk, spend the night there and do time
exposures by the light of the moon. and then catch the first light as
it hits the dunes at Zabriskie Point.
Another day trip would be to Beatty and Rhyolite and maybe the Ebehebe
Crater. I've seen aerial shots of the crater. Absolutely amazing. Do
you know if it is possible to drive up real close to the edge of the
crater and hike down or is that taking too much of a risk???
I also found out that there is fuel at Soshone, so I'll make sure that
the tank is always topped up.
Now I'm going to go check out www.colorado.com/trails
Again, Thanks for the invaluable information. Makes it that much easier
to plan things and know what your options are when you have the right
information.
Cheers,
bogdan
Howard Efner wrote:
On May 5, 2008, at 10:11 PM, Bogdan Karasek wrote:
Howard, you mention at the bottom that the sites suggested by Kron
were far apart. I'll be staying in Tecopa Hot Springs which is just
outside the south east end of the park near Shoshone. How far would
that be to Furnace Creek and StovePipe Wells,
Bogdan, it is about 70 miles from Tecopa Hot Springs to Furnace Creek
(going 127 to 178 and up through Badwater) Longer if 127 to Death
Valley Junction and then west on 190. About 30 mi from DV Junction to
Furnace Creek.
From Furnace Creek - Badwater is about 15 mi, Dante's View about 20
mi and Zabriski Point is just a few miles. Stovepipe Wells Village
is about 25 miles from Furnace Creek - nice big dunes at Stovepipe
wells.
From where 190, 267, and 374 meet (about 20 mi N of Furnace Creek)
Beatty NV and Rhyolite are about 30 and 25 miles east. From the same
point it is 35 miles to the North Entry Station - 5 miles from
Scotty's Castle and 5 miles to Ubehebe Crater. Racetrack Valley Road
is 28 miles one way from Ubehebe Crater Road.
Fuel is available at Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells Village and
Scotty's Castle.
One good topo map is the _Death Valley National Park_ map published
by National Geographic and Trails Illustrated. ISBN 0-925873-68-3.
Trails Illustrated www.colorado.com/trails . Copies of the map
should be available in the park visitors center - probably on Amazon
etc.
Howard
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