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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2008: Mojave National Preserve Mountain-Bike Camping and Hike / Day 8: Butcher Knife Canyon to Nipton via Death Valley Mine, Cima and Morning Star Mine Road, Mojave National Preserve /
Back on pavement, the 10-ton bike and I fly gracefully down Morning Star Mine Road
After the corral, 8.5 miles remain before the bottom of the road. The weather is perfect (high 70s), I sometimes have a bit of a breeze pushing me from behind, and I reach 32 miles per hour on the way down.