Marble Canyon Death Valley

Explore death valley national park the lowest point in the western hemisphere on this full day excursion from las vegas.

Marble canyon death valley.

After 2 1 2 miles the regular route continues up the main canyon to the southwest but this route. From the intersection with the marble canyon road you ll begin your loop. Trailhead in the first narrows view southwest. Popular with desert loving backpackers this long and challenging hike is one of the few loop trails in death valley national park.

Great spot to cache water if you are willing to drive a little. The majority of the other opportunities for backpacking are essentially you re free to wander around and camp in this area and then leave it to hiker to decide where to go where as this loop has a set start and end point and a specific path to follow to get. Backpacking in death valley national can be challenging but the opportunities for experiencing solitude sweeping vistas dark night skies and awesome geology abound within the three million acres of designated wilderness there are few established trails in the park but hikers can follow canyon bottoms open desert washes alluvial fans and abandoned dirt roads to get around. Still very much a backpacking frontier death valley national park at 3 4 million acres is the largest national park in the us south of alaska.

On august 16 shortly after 6 p m columbia valley rcmp received a report of a fatal water incident and a water rescue underway at marble canyon in kootenay national park. This great hike runs up the south fork of marble canyon into the death valley wilderness area for about 2 1 2 miles where much of the canyon is deep and narrow the gentle grade provides easy hiking and there is little to climb over. A trip to the marble canyon in kootenay national park ended in tragedy for an alberta couple on sunday after a woman fell into the kootenay river and sadly couldn t be saved by onlookers. The cottonwood canyon marble canyon loop is one of the few backpacking trails in death valley that is actually a trail.

The route is undeniabl. The 8 5mi 13 7km road requires a 4x4 vehicle due to deep sand rocky washes tight corners and small boulders. The bc coroners service has begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the woman s death. The road is rough and you may only be able to reach the end of it in a high clearance vehicle.

Though the road will be rough but passable for the first 8 miles and may be impassable for the final 2 miles to the junction with the marble canyon road. Marble canyon is about 85 kilometres north of radium on highway 93. Cottonwood marble canyon loop is a 31 8 mile lightly trafficked loop trail located near death valley california that features beautiful wild flowers and is only recommended for very experienced adventurers. Enjoy convenient round trip transportation from your las vegas hotel to the park and travel between furnace creek artist s palette badwater basin and zabriskie point with ease.