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48. Surprise Canyon Can get to Chris Wicht camp with 2WD high clearance (county maintained). Can go another .5 mile with 4WD. From there it is extreme 4WD requiring winch. If anyone wants to try this, they must call BLM for instructions first. There is steep rock. Camping is not advised at Chris Wicht camp but people can camp at Brewery Spring. Panamint City is a combination of public land and private land. Hikers wishing to hike into Panamint City can park at Chris Wicht camp. 49. Ballarat This is a county maintained road suitable for 2WD sedans. Road may be washboardy. 50. Tuber Canyon 4WD. This is Panamint 63 and Panamint 64 on the desert access guide. Regular 4WD can make it 1.5 miles up the canyon. Thereafter it is extreme 4WD--steep, high angle, wet, slick rock requiring high clearance and a short wheel base. 51. Jail/Hall Canyon Jail is rough 4WD to the mine site due to rough cobbles. A difficult 4WD road goes to Hall Canyon. 52. Pleasant Canyon Rough. High clearance 4WD required. Road is rain damaged. 53. Greenwater High clearance. Most of the roads are pretty good but some are steep, requiring 4x4. 54. Furnace High clearance. Most of the roads are pretty good but some are steep, requiring 4x4. 55. Goler Wash Was washed out. Now very rough 4x4. Re-opened one month ago. Active mining operation at Keystone mine so people may encounter trucks coming down the road. 56. Happy Canyon Washed out in narrows. The narrows are .5 mile up the canyon. Moderate 4WD to narrows. After, steep vertical rock, extreme 4WD. Call BLM for instructions before trying this road. 57. Jackpot Canyon Canyon north of Pleasant. 4WD, high clearance. 58. South Park Canyon 2 canyons south of Pleasant Canyon. Rough 4WD to Thorndike mine. Above area washed out, impassable. It is not possible to make loop from South Park Canyon to Pleasant Canyon. 59. Indian Ranch Road This is the access road to Ballarat, Tuber, Jail and the other canyons in the Panamints. It is 2WD high clearance. Gravel road: maintained and graded. |
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