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Old road continues down canyon (view W) |
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Colorful canyon walls |
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Approaching bend in canyon with trail marker (view W) |
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Trail marker (view W) |
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Arriving at edge of Gower Gulch, proper (view SW) |
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Trail sign (view W) |
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Trail sign (view W) |
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Hikers could turn-off to Golden Canyon (view NW) |
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Turning down
Gower Gulch, proper (view W) |
![Gower Gulch](p-gg/IMG_55348a.jpg)
Gower Gulch (view W) |
![Gower Gulch](p-gg/IMG_55349a.jpg)
Interesting layers in canyon wall |
![Gower Gulch](p-gg/IMG_55350a.jpg)
Winding down the canyon (view W) |
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Gower Gulch (view W) |
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Second turn-off to Golden Canyon (view NW) |
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Second turn-off to Golden Canyon (view N) |
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Gower Gulch (view W) |
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Gower Gulch (view W) |
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Lava cap eroding over mud hills (view N) |
![Gower Gulch](p-gg/DCP_2974a.jpg)
Conglomerate rock walls |
![Gower Gulch](p-gg/IMG_55370a.jpg)
Old mine tailings (view SW) |
![Gower Gulch](p-gg/IMG_55371a.jpg)
Entrance to old mine |
![Gower Gulch](p-gg/IMG_55372a.jpg)
Bat gate lets bats come and go, but keeps people out |
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Inside the mine |
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Inside the mine (zoom) |
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Looking back at mine tailings (view SE) |
![Gower Gulch](p-gg/IMG_55376a.jpg)
Layers of gravel in the wash (view W) |
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Side trip: miner's trail on hillside |
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Miner's trail on hillside |
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Miner's trail on hillside |
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Colorful hillsides (view S) |
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Colorful hillsides (view NW) |
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Canyon turns hard to the left (view W) |
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Canyon turns hard to the left (view S) |
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Entering the narrows (view S) |
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Approaching pour-over (view SW) |
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Looking down pour-over (view SW) |
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Pour-over (view SW) |
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Looking down pour-over (view SW) |
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Looking back up pour-over -- not so bad (view NE) |
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Layered rocks in pour-over make easy scrambling |
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Layered rocks in pour-over make easy scrambling |
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Colorful hillsides (view SW) |
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Low pour-over (view W) |
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Approaching sudden end of Gower Gulch (view west) |
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End of Gower Gulch (view west) |
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End of Gower Gulch pour-over (view west) |
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Pour-over bypass trail |
![Gower Gulch](p-gg/DCP_2982a.jpg)
Looking out on the floor of Death Valley (view W) |
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Looking back up at hiker atop final pour-over |
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Hikers on pour-over bypass trail (view NW) |
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Hikers on pour-over bypass trail (view NW) |
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Looking back up at hiker atop final pour-over |
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Hikers on desert flats (view N) |
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Hikers on desert flats (view N) |
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Trail across desert flats (view N) |
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Side canyon above desert flats to somewhere interesting? |
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Approaching Golden Canyon Trailhead (view N) |
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Arriving at Golden Canyon Trailhead (view N) |
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Trail across desert flats (view S from Golden Canyon Trailhead) |
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Trail across desert flats (view S from Golden Canyon Trailhead) |