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The first tour of the season is the best! It's the opener. The pacesetter.The FIRST time we finally shake off the cobwebs from the corners of our brains and head out for a weekend of riding. Join Pashnit Tours as we head for this National Park tucked away in the far corner of California.

Destination Mojave Desert
Lowest. Driest. Hottest. Highest.
Let's go there!!

Southern Sierra Nevada Foothills

Our tour begins from Tulare in Central California & at the edge of the Sierra Nevada Foothills. South of Porterville, we'll enter this treeless grassy ranchland that thrusts & heaves about. The roads here are fantastic! Deserted with the elevation constantly climbing toward the Sierra Nevada range that looms ever closer with each passing mile!

On through the small ranch town of Glennville puts the tour group onto Hwy 155. Then we'll ride up and over the range through Alta Sierra and into the Kern River basin.

Here the Sierra Nevada range splits into two fingers, carved in half by the Kern River.

Ridgecrest northward...

Skirting the edge of Lake Isabella, the group will ride through Ridgecrest and enter Death Valley from the southern entrance of Hwy 178.

Death Valley is the largest national park in the contiguous 48 states. The valley itself is 130 miles long, between six and 13 miles wide and is surrounded by steep mountain ranges: the Panamint mountains to the west, and the Black, Funeral, and Grapevine mountains to the east. Its three million acres of wilderness and rich cultural history make it a lifetime's work to explore all that the valley has to offer.

Death Valley National Park is the lowest point in North America and one of the hottest places in the world. the highest peak in the Park and in the Panamint Mountains, rises 11,049 feet above sea level and lies only 15 miles from the lowest point in the United States in the Badwater Basin salt pan, 282 feet below sea level.

Hottest. Lowest. Tallest.

Death Valley is one of the hottest places in the world. Air temperatures over 120 °F (49 °C) are common during the summer months of June, July, August and September. The record high in the park was recorded in 1913 at a blazing 134 °F (57 °C). Since it is often up to four degrees hotter near Badwater than it is near Furnace Creek where the official record was recorded, it is entirely likely that Death Valley should hold the title as the hottest place on Earth. Fortunately, temperatures from November through March are mild with highs averaging in the 60s and 70s (15-25) with winter nighttime lows usually in the 40s.

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Saturday, our tour will have the group headed out for a clockwise loop around the Black Mountain Range. First visiting Scotty's Castle, then southward on Hwy 190 to Dante's View at 5475 feet. The tour will continue south to Death Valley Junction and the Amargosa Playhouse then back north on Hwy 178 along Badwater Rd past Furnance Creek Resort.

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