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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2007: Death Valley National Park bikepacking / Day 7: Ride from Monarch Canyon to Emigrant Campground, crossing Death Valley along the way /

I continue climbing Highway 190, looking for signs of Emigrant Campground somewhere on the fan

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hge-000009-emigrant-specks.jpg Huff and puff, I finally make it to the Emigrant Campground; my world is slanted here on the fanThumbnailsLooking back down toward Stovepipe Wells on the slow climb toward Emigrant CampHuff and puff, I finally make it to the Emigrant Campground; my world is slanted here on the fanThumbnailsLooking back down toward Stovepipe Wells on the slow climb toward Emigrant CampHuff and puff, I finally make it to the Emigrant Campground; my world is slanted here on the fanThumbnailsLooking back down toward Stovepipe Wells on the slow climb toward Emigrant CampHuff and puff, I finally make it to the Emigrant Campground; my world is slanted here on the fanThumbnailsLooking back down toward Stovepipe Wells on the slow climb toward Emigrant CampHuff and puff, I finally make it to the Emigrant Campground; my world is slanted here on the fanThumbnailsLooking back down toward Stovepipe Wells on the slow climb toward Emigrant Camp

I'm hoping that those specks on the centre-right are signs of the campground.

It turns out that the ride today up to Emigrant Campground is unexpectedly similar in distance and elevation gain to my slow ride up from Death Valley to Hell's Gate on the way to Monarch Canyon a few days ago.

I'm even getting some of that same pain in my right knee on the way up this grade.

This is my first real work-out of the trip during such high temperatures (mid-90s).