The next stop after Channel Islands National Park on our February 2015 trip to southern California was Death Valley National Park. Our route took us from Ventura through Santa Clarita, Palmdale and Lancaster before leaving the freeways of the greater Los Angeles area. Once out of the traffic and in the desert again, we had some beautiful scenery as we traveled along CA 14, US 395 and CA 190 as we approached Death Valley.
Olancha
Clouds hide part of the Inyo Mountains |
Currently dry Owens Lake and the Inyo Mountains |
Looking southeast toward the Coso Range |
A closer view of the Coso Range |
Three and one-half miles northeast of Olancha
Foothills of the Sierra Nevada looking toward Olancha Peak |
Owens Valley and the Inyo Mountains |
Silver Mountain in the Coso Range |
Owens Lake and New York Butte in the Inyo Mountains |
Darwin Road
Snow still lingers at 5250' along Darwin Road |
Snow dappled Darwin Hills |
Two and one-half miles east of Darwin Road
7454' Hunter Mountain in Death Valley National Park (17 miles) |
CA 190 and the snow covered Cottonwood Mountains |
Looking back at the snow covered Coso Mounatains |
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