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RE: Death Valley Adventures - Panamint City
I am so jealous man. I have been wanting to go up to Panamint City for over 5 years now. I've sat down at Ballarat twice looking up, wishing I could go up. Some day you gotta take me up.
Awesome post, beautiful pictures.
I would really like to check it out sometime too!
@derekrichardson, how difficult/long is the hike in?
@mattlovell, you should read up a little about the history of the town. I won't spoil it, but it's pretty fascinating which is why I've always wanted to go up. Maybe we can plan a weekend hike up when I return from Japan in late April? Or a Meetup in Panamint City!!
@rt395 that would be way cool. But a weekend really isn't enough. You'd just get to hike up to the city stay the night and hike out. No time to explore. And trust me, you're gonna want to explore up there. lol.
@mattlovell It's a moderate hike. Not really difficult, but definitely not easy. It's like 7 miles one way. There's a few waterfalls to climb around in lower Surprise canyon, but that's the only technical stuff. Then it's just a long gradual uphill slog. It's one of those trails that hardly seems like you're climbing up until you stop and look behind you and then you see how much you've actually climbed.
I'm not in great shape... so 7 miles is about my day hike limit right now. If we plan for April when @rt395 is back from Japan that will give me some time to train ;)
Thanks dude. I'd love to take you up there. We just gotta find an available date and plan it!