Death Valley Off-Road Adventures

had fun and challenge over Lippincott and Steel Pass 3/11-3/12/15

 

CVYota,
From your experience on that run, was the pass safe for a non-skidded, non-armored dclb with 2 1/2 inch lift ? Last time I went thru I was in a 6 inch lifted jeep and the rocks obstacles were pretty mild.

Thanks!

Lee

 

Here's a short video of a trip we took a few weeks ago:

http://youtu.be/nRuP9CzwdJw

 

Cool video...

 

Great read, thanks!

 

We have been through there with stock trucks

 

The video I linked a few posts up shows Mengel Pass as of February. You can see that almost all of the rigs are stock. No problems getting through. I'd imagine the only part that will feel uncomfortable will be the first turn, which is off camber.

 

Thanks!

 

Lippincott pass in a Camry

 

Yeah I have seen that before.

1. Get rental insurance
2. Don't trust GPS
3.Gun it

We watched 2 rentals go through titus valley. Yaris I think.

 

A graded gravel road is no big deal.

I was "wheelin'" the family minivan on a dirt road out to a Boy Scout camp out by big sur.

But no matter what your rig - from family camry to purpose built jeep - at some point an obstacle presents and judgement needs to kick in and say "time to turn around NOW."

 

Cool. Thanks for the reply!

Lee

 

Thanks for the update! Nice video as well.

Lee

Camp Rock up in Cottonwood Canyon, Death Valley:

 

Had a great weekend out at Death Valley. Great bumping into nvwiggins for the 2nd time in a row at Saline Hot Springs!

Driving into Steel Pass from Eureka Dunes on the way to Saline Hot Springs:


Amazing Petroglyphs that nvwiggins led us to:


















nvwiggins going up Lippincott:


Group Photo at top of Lippincott


Snaking through Titus Canyon:


The girls at Dante's View before leaving the park:

 

^^^ Looks like an awesome time. I gotta make it down there sometime.

 

Cool video! I enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing.

Oh that's good!

Looks like a great time in a great place! Thanks for sharing.

Another fine trip will executed! Thanks for sharing pics.

Those petroglyphs are very cool! I hope you don't mind, I was goofing around with altering the images to produce artistic renderings. Here are a few interesting results. If you don't like, PM me and I'll remove.

 

^ did a better job than me! I was trying to mess with snapseed to make them pop out better

 

Also my GF's stock coil bucket couldnt handle the wash board trails out there:


Did Titus Canyon and drove all the way back to LA with the shock jammed in the wheel well

 

Thanks for sharing. As always please keep locations of petros limited to PM's. The more people who know locations places these precious artifacts in jeopardy. Glad you got to enjoy them.

Bummer about the shock. My stock taco has been to DV many times and "knock on wood" hasn't suffered an injury like that.

 

Oh shit that sucks! I found out my passenger side axle boot gave up on its self while airing back up. We keep running into each other out there people are going to think we're hippies! Stealing some of those pictures if that's cool.