Adam Lassak > Check-Ins
Red Cathedral Canyon Crest | Badwater, CA | Dec 23, 2018 | |
Red Cathedral Canyon Crest | Badwater, CA | ||
Dec 23, 2018 | |||
Notes: 2 mi : Crowds on Zabriskie Point left for quite views of badlands. First-ever sighting of prairie falcon on the Cathedral! | |||
Badwater Basin | Badwater, CA | Dec 23, 2018 | |
Badwater Basin | Badwater, CA | ||
Dec 23, 2018 | |||
Notes: Lowest point of North America, the bottom of endorheic basin covered by ice-like salt pan. | |||
Telescope Peak Trail | Badwater, CA | Dec 22, 2018 | |
Telescope Peak Trail | Badwater, CA | ||
Dec 22, 2018 | |||
Notes: 15.7 mi : Done Blitzkrieg style in minimalist trail running shoes. Though would benefit from any traction device. | |||
Red Cathedral Out-and-Back | Badwater, CA | Dec 22, 2018 | |
Red Cathedral Out-and-Back | Badwater, CA | ||
Dec 22, 2018 | |||
Notes: 3.4 mi : Badlands soaked in warm sunset light. | |||
Zabriskie Point | Badwater, CA | Dec 22, 2018 | |
Zabriskie Point | Badwater, CA | ||
Dec 22, 2018 | |||
Notes: Overlook the otherworldly erosional forms of silt and volcanic ash. | |||
Artist's Palette | Badwater, CA | Dec 22, 2018 | |
Artist's Palette | Badwater, CA | ||
Dec 22, 2018 | |||
Dante's View | Badwater, CA | Dec 22, 2018 | |
Dante's View | Badwater, CA | ||
Dec 22, 2018 | |||
Badwater Basin Crossing | Badwater, CA | Dec 22, 2018 | |
Badwater Basin Crossing | Badwater, CA | ||
Dec 22, 2018 | |||
Notes: 7.4 mi | |||
Mesquite Flats Sand Dunes | Badwater, CA | Dec 21, 2018 | |
Mesquite Flats Sand Dunes | Badwater, CA | ||
Dec 21, 2018 | |||
Notes: No trail wandering among sunrise-lit dunes Well worth day-after leg soreness! | |||
Ubehebe Crater Loop | Big Pine, CA | Dec 21, 2018 | |
Ubehebe Crater Loop | Big Pine, CA | ||
Dec 21, 2018 | |||
Notes: 2.1 mi : If not the sparse creosote bush it could serve as moon surface. | |||
Devil's Golf Course | Badwater, CA | Dec 21, 2018 | |
Devil's Golf Course | Badwater, CA | ||
Dec 21, 2018 | |||
Notes: Jagged formations from crystallized salts on bed of dried lake. Inhospitable, but fascinating landscape. | |||
Rhyolite Ghost Town | Beatty, NV | Dec 20, 2018 | |
Rhyolite Ghost Town | Beatty, NV | ||
Dec 20, 2018 | |||
Turtlehead Mountain Trail | Summerlin South, NV | Dec 19, 2018 | |
Turtlehead Mountain Trail | Summerlin South, NV | ||
Dec 19, 2018 | |||
Notes: 4.3 mi | |||
White Rock Loop | Summerlin South, NV | Dec 19, 2018 | |
White Rock Loop | Summerlin South, NV | ||
Dec 19, 2018 | |||
Notes: 6.9 mi : Loop reversed at leisure pace. Second half after Willows Spings quite monotonous, but still worth the effort. |