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Routes

Routes posts from the Blackrock Overland field journal — 2 articles on overland travel in the Sierra Nevada and the Great Basin.

US-395 running south through the Owens Valley with the Sierra crest on the right

RoutesSep 16, 20263 min

US-395: Reno to Lone Pine

A corridor guide to the 270 miles of US-395 between Reno and Lone Pine — elevation, fuel, the three seasonal Sierra crossings, and what is worth turning off for.

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The switchback section of Silver Canyon Road climbing the west face of the White Mountains

RoutesSep 3, 20263 min

Silver Canyon to the Bristlecones

Six thousand feet of climbing in ten miles, seven creek crossings and four miles of one-lane switchbacks — the hard way up to the oldest trees on earth.

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