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I begin the trudge from Hell's Gate up Daylight Pass Road

bc-000003-beatty19.jpg Tecopa Hot Springs campground is not very busy right nowThumbnailsThis little wash road in the Newberry Mountains foothills seems to end at the carcass of an old car used for target practiceTecopa Hot Springs campground is not very busy right nowThumbnailsThis little wash road in the Newberry Mountains foothills seems to end at the carcass of an old car used for target practiceTecopa Hot Springs campground is not very busy right nowThumbnailsThis little wash road in the Newberry Mountains foothills seems to end at the carcass of an old car used for target practiceTecopa Hot Springs campground is not very busy right nowThumbnailsThis little wash road in the Newberry Mountains foothills seems to end at the carcass of an old car used for target practiceTecopa Hot Springs campground is not very busy right nowThumbnailsThis little wash road in the Newberry Mountains foothills seems to end at the carcass of an old car used for target practice

A sign tells me that Beatty, Nevada is 19 miles away.

But I won't be going that far. I'll just be riding 3.4 miles on paved Daylight Pass Road from here at 2200 feet to the beginning of the dirt road toward Monarch Canyon (Chloride City Road) at about 3500 feet.