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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 12: Cima Dome (Sunrise Rock) to Pachalka Spring by bicycle, Mojave National Preserve /

After a couple hours of hike-a-biking, it's a pleasure to remount the bike and ride down into the wash south of Pachalka Spring

03800-pachalka-spring-road.jpg Looking to my left (north), I see a patch of green trees, which must be Pachalka SpringThumbnailsAfter passing through an extensive gravelly area in the wash south of Pachalka Spring, the road abruptly rises a short distanceLooking to my left (north), I see a patch of green trees, which must be Pachalka SpringThumbnailsAfter passing through an extensive gravelly area in the wash south of Pachalka Spring, the road abruptly rises a short distanceLooking to my left (north), I see a patch of green trees, which must be Pachalka SpringThumbnailsAfter passing through an extensive gravelly area in the wash south of Pachalka Spring, the road abruptly rises a short distanceLooking to my left (north), I see a patch of green trees, which must be Pachalka SpringThumbnailsAfter passing through an extensive gravelly area in the wash south of Pachalka Spring, the road abruptly rises a short distanceLooking to my left (north), I see a patch of green trees, which must be Pachalka SpringThumbnailsAfter passing through an extensive gravelly area in the wash south of Pachalka Spring, the road abruptly rises a short distance

This little downhill only lasts a quarter-mile, and descends less than 100 feet, but is a nice break. Clark Mountain is the peak ahead, Mojave National Preserve's highest point.