Death Valley: land of extremes. A wonderful and mysterious place that supports nearly 1,000 native plant species on only two inches of rain a year. Desert winds whisper through the valley floor, 282 feet below sea level. And, yet, 15 miles west, the 11,000-foot Telescope Peak casts its shadow, shrouded in snow and ice until late spring. All this is yours to discover by bicycle on Adventure Cycling’s Death Valley Loop.
Stretch your legs on this early-season, van-supported adventure, and pedal unencumbered past sand dunes, hot springs, colorful canyons, remarkable rock formations, and the incredible variety of plant and animal life found in this region. We’ll explore the maze of wildly eroded and spectacularly hued badlands that is Death Valley, and we’ll retrace the route of the ‘49ers and pioneers who arrived via ox-drawn wagons on the Old Spanish Trail.
Experience desert solitude and spectacularly clear nights, and find out why, according to a 1932 quote by Bessie Johnson, “Moonlight anywhere is a delight. But there’s no moonlight in the world that can compare with the moonlight in Grapevine Canyon, our desert canyon.”
