Day 11 - Death Valley
| Start Point: | Beatty, NV |
| Start Weather: | At 6:00 AM PDT, the temperature was 62.1 degrees with 10 percent humidity. The conditions were clear with a wind speed of 13.5. |
| End Point: | Beatty, NV |
| End Weather: | At 6:00 PM PDT, the temperature was 81.6 degrees with 4 percent humidity. The conditions were clear. |
| Sun Rise: | 6:25 AM PDT |
| Sun Set: | 7:14 PM PDT |
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Intro
I got a late start today after working on videos in the motel room. The ride to Dante's Peak and the dark lonely ride thru the desert after dark was something I won't soon forget. Check out the video.
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Dante's View, Death Valley CA
View a list of places like this or a map.Dante's View, a popular unworldly lookout point offers a striking example of the distinctive basin and range topography that extends from Eastern California to central Utah. The steep, elongated mountain ranges alternate with flat, dry, desert valleys. The result of an intense stretching of the crust that has resulted in a series of north-south faults. These faults separate the basins from the ranges.
Dante's View is more than 5,000 feet above the valley floor; at this high altitude in the dry desert air you can see across most of 110-mile-long Death Valley. At Dante's Peaks, a short hike north, the views up and down offer an unparalleled vantage point, where you can spot the highest and lowest points in the contiguous United States.
The white salt flats far below is Badwater Basin, at 282 feet below sea level. Dante's View is certainly one of the most extraordinary sights anywhere in California.
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Elevation Changes During the Day
The day started at 3,370 feet and ended at 3,303 feet. The highest altitude was 5,452 feet and the lowest altitude was 13 feet.
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