Going to do Death Valley mid November about 16,17th - Page 3

cbig · 10-05-2012, 08:52 AM

Is there verizon reception at PSR?
I remember there's at least voice and text at Furnace...

DSM8 · 10-05-2012, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by cbig

Is there verizon reception at PSR?
I remember there's at least voice and text at Furnace...

No there is wifi but it is slow, no cell phone for the most part.
A couple of providers work randomly but Verizon is not one of them.

DSM8 · 10-05-2012, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by loner

I'll be in Death Valley for Thanksgiving, just not sure exactly where yet. Hope to see you out there Dave.

Well if you make it out I am in site 15, best one under the tree's.

Look for the obligatory dryer drum fire pit

roundtripping · 10-05-2012, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by loner

T-Stop in Trona has gas now.

I'll be out there this weekend if anyone's in the 'hood stop by and say hi... Mostly roaming the higher altitudes... Camping at Wildrose.

jrsride2002 · 10-05-2012, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by DSM8

Look for the obligatory dryer drum fire pit

Hellz yea!!

I totally dont know DV like you guys but im working on it...

~Junior

cbig · 10-06-2012, 10:06 PM

And consensus is PSR. Seems to be a lot of local rides also from there and the fact that we've never staged from there before. Only glitch is cell phone but slow wifi will git er done. ..if it blows Furnace is down the street...

DSM8 · 10-08-2012, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by cbig

And consensus is PSR. Seems to be a lot of local rides also from there and the fact that we've never staged from there before. Only glitch is cell phone but slow wifi will git er done. ..if it blows Furnace is down the street...

um yeah about 50 miles down the street. Stovepipe is 30 Miles.

Bit of a long haul to make a phone call

In an emergency I know you can make a call out from PS but that is emergency only since I think they pay dearly for that service.

roundtripping · 10-08-2012, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by roundtripping

I'll be out there this weekend if anyone's in the 'hood stop by and say hi... Mostly roaming the higher altitudes... Camping at Wildrose.

Was a nice weekend out in DV this past weekend, as long as you stayed away from the Valley floor which is still pretty toasty... By the way, there was an awful lot of activity by the old Chevron station in Trona, are they reviving it??

cbig · 10-10-2012, 08:56 AM

on the cell phone. We have a sat communicator for emergencies (Delorme) and txt/email traffic. Road conditions are looking fun if we pull it off to PSR!

Anyone been up Pleasant Canyon/South Park?

Chuck

Dirtnadvil · 10-10-2012, 09:39 AM

Just got back last night. We were riding drz400 and a WR250R. DV was part of a larger loop that went over the mountains a few times to the Owens Valley. We entered the park from the north side off of Saline Valley Road. SVR was baracaded with road closed signs. We went around them as it looked like everyone else had. SVR had a few small washouts but it was mostly fast graded road and not much washboard due to light traffic. The washouts were doable for large bikes.
Next was the road from Warm Springs to Steele Pass. On a good day the road is just a rocky wash. Right now it is a little more chewed up than normal. Finding the road was a challange at times. We averaged 10 mph on the first 10 miles. The pass was easy. Deradecka Canyon had some fun ledges to go down. The road around the dunes was sandy like always. We then went to Scotty's, the Crater and out Race track road. Race track was rough but easy. Turned left at Tea Kettle, another really washed out road, really rocky.but makable. Through Hidden Valley , nice conditions, up Hunter Mountain, buttery smooth. back out to SVR to the pavedroad to Panamint. Out of Sierra Neveada PA, hopefully remedied by now.SVR was nice high speed absent of the washboard that I usually experience. Went up the canyon to Darwin, rough and rutted but makable on a big bike. We also rode in the Inyo and White Mountains and found some challenging terrain not suitable for big bikes. Hopefully this helps. Sorry I didn't take any pics, camera got stepped on in the first photo shoot of the trip.......DUHHHH!..........PM with any questions..........John

DanOGrande · 10-10-2012, 07:42 PM

Goler Wash got hammered by a big storm earlier this month. Some of the 4x4 internet sites are showing pictures of huge washouts. The "stairs" at the bottom of Goler are apparently....pretty challenging. Pleasant Canyon is OK though.

Dirtnadvil · 10-11-2012, 09:14 AM

By the way, I left a trail of tools and a license plate on the road to Steele pass from the hot springs.

RAZR · 10-12-2012, 11:25 PM

mmmmmm Death Valley

jrsride2002 · 10-13-2012, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Dirtnadvil

By the way, I left a trail of tools and a license plate on the road to Steele pass from the hot springs.

I lost two sets of tools! One set on Lippencot, the other is also somewhere on Steele Pass

I will forever miss that nice set of ratcheting combo wrenches...

~Junior

zeegman · 10-13-2012, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jrsride2002

I lost two sets of tools! One set on Lippencot, the other is also somewhere on Steele Pass

I will forever miss that nice set of ratcheting combo wrenches...

~Junior

Now I know where this came from!

Mike Z

10-05-2012, 08:52 AM	#31
cbig ^OP Rift- Raft, SCooter Trash Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Orange County, CA Oddometer: 800	Cell Phone Is there verizon reception at PSR? I remember there's at least voice and text at Furnace... __________________ Cbig

10-06-2012, 10:06 PM	#36
cbig ^OP Rift- Raft, SCooter Trash Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Orange County, CA Oddometer: 800	Spoke to the boys And consensus is PSR. Seems to be a lot of local rides also from there and the fact that we've never staged from there before. Only glitch is cell phone but slow wifi will git er done. ..if it blows Furnace is down the street... __________________ Cbig

10-10-2012, 08:56 AM	#39
cbig ^OP Rift- Raft, SCooter Trash Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Orange County, CA Oddometer: 800	Good info on the cell phone. We have a sat communicator for emergencies (Delorme) and txt/email traffic. Road conditions are looking fun if we pull it off to PSR! Anyone been up Pleasant Canyon/South Park? Chuck __________________ Cbig

10-12-2012, 11:25 PM	#43
RAZR yup ima hairstylist Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Silver Lake (L.A.) Oddometer: 7,493	mmmmmm Death Valley __________________ "when there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth" YOUTUBE LINK www.RAZR.whereamiriding.com

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10-10-2012, 09:39 AM	#40
Dirtnadvil Studly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Inside the Orange Curtain Oddometer: 718	Just got back last night. We were riding drz400 and a WR250R. DV was part of a larger loop that went over the mountains a few times to the Owens Valley. We entered the park from the north side off of Saline Valley Road. SVR was baracaded with road closed signs. We went around them as it looked like everyone else had. SVR had a few small washouts but it was mostly fast graded road and not much washboard due to light traffic. The washouts were doable for large bikes. Next was the road from Warm Springs to Steele Pass. On a good day the road is just a rocky wash. Right now it is a little more chewed up than normal. Finding the road was a challange at times. We averaged 10 mph on the first 10 miles. The pass was easy. Deradecka Canyon had some fun ledges to go down. The road around the dunes was sandy like always. We then went to Scotty's, the Crater and out Race track road. Race track was rough but easy. Turned left at Tea Kettle, another really washed out road, really rocky.but makable. Through Hidden Valley , nice conditions, up Hunter Mountain, buttery smooth. back out to SVR to the pavedroad to Panamint. Out of Sierra Neveada PA, hopefully remedied by now.SVR was nice high speed absent of the washboard that I usually experience. Went up the canyon to Darwin, rough and rutted but makable on a big bike. We also rode in the Inyo and White Mountains and found some challenging terrain not suitable for big bikes. Hopefully this helps. Sorry I didn't take any pics, camera got stepped on in the first photo shoot of the trip.......DUHHHH!..........PM with any questions..........John

10-10-2012, 07:42 PM	#41
DanOGrande vorn and confused Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Santa Cruz Oddometer: 161	Goler Wash got hammered by a big storm earlier this month. Some of the 4x4 internet sites are showing pictures of huge washouts. The "stairs" at the bottom of Goler are apparently....pretty challenging. Pleasant Canyon is OK though.

10-11-2012, 09:14 AM	#42
Dirtnadvil Studly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Inside the Orange Curtain Oddometer: 718	By the way, I left a trail of tools and a license plate on the road to Steele pass from the hot springs.