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Telescope Peak
The Telescope Peak area, not only includes Telescope Peak, Mahogany Flats, Arcane Meadows, and Rogers Peak, but it also includes three very interesting canyons on the Death Valley side of the Panamint Range. These canyons include Hanaupah Canyon, Starvation Canyon, and Johnson Canyon. (Click here for area map)
Johnson Canyon (April 2012)    Quick view of trip pics
  1. Junk Car - Old car near mouth of canyon.
  2. Camp Stove - Stove at campsite located at end of road.
  3. Arrastre - This stone structure is right next to the trail.
  4. Panamint Dudleya #1 - Lots of dudleya in Johnson Canyon!
  5. Canyon View - View along trail looking up the canyon.
  6. Another View - Conifers show up at a surprisingly low elevation!
  7. Mound Cactus - Bright red cactus flowers.
  8. Dudleya and Cactus - Dudleya appears to be uncomfortably close to this cactus!
  9. Panamint Dudleya #2 - Dudleya is also known as Desert Live-Forever.
  10. Panamint Dudleya #3 - Closer look at a cluster of flowers.
  11. Panamint Dudleya #4 - Specimen growing out of crack in rock.
  12. Ephedra - Also known as Jointfir and Desert Tea.
  13. Rusty Tools - Agricultural relics and other rusty hunks of metal.
  14. Panamint Dudleya #5 - A small group of plants growing on rock wall.
  15. Cottonwood #1 - Several clusters of hanging fruits.
  16. Cottonwood #2 - Another close look at the fruits of this tree.
  17. Fruit Tree - One of the fruit trees at Hungry Bill's Ranch.
  18. Hungry Bill's #1 - Rock wall, fence, and a few trees.
  19. Hungry Bill's #2 - Rock wall and a tree.
  20. Panamint Dudleya #6 - Cluster of plants squeezed in between rocks.
  21. Check out the video shot on this trip!
Telescope Peak (August 2011)    Quick view of trip pics
  1. Register Box Surprise - Someone left some left a bottle of whiskey in the register box.
  2. Evening Primrose #1 - A member of the genus Oenothera growing near the top of the mountain.
  3. View to South - Looking south from the peak.
  4. Bristlecone #1 - Close look at pollen cone of Pinus longaeva.
  5. Rock Wall - Rocks stacked at one of the switchbacks to keep trail from disintegrating.
  6. Indian Paintbrush #1 - Member of genus Castilleja growing at about 10000 feet.
  7. Wax Currant - Member of the Gooseberry Family (Grossulariaceae).
  8. Bristlecone #2 - Seed cone dripping with sap.
  9. Bridges Penstemon - One of several red-flowered penstemons that grow in the area.
  10. Brewer Cliff Brake - Lots of this along the switchbacks just below the peak.
  11. Monkeyflower - Quite possibly Panamint Mimulus (a variety of Mimulus bigelovii).
  12. Granite Gilia - Member of the Phlox Family (Polemoniaceae).
  13. More Penstemon - Most likely Bridges Penstemon, but it's hard to tell from this picture.
  14. Buckskin Keckiella - This plant was abundant between elevations from about 9400 to 10000 feet.
  15. Alumroot - A member of the Saxifrage Family growing above 9600 to the peak.
  16. Indian Paintbrush #2 - Another look at this member of the Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae).
  17. Purple Sage - Lots of this from Arcane Meadows to the lower portion of the switchbacks.
  18. Evening Primrose #2 - The advantage of hiking late in the day is that these guys open up when the sun gets low enough.
  19. Catchfly - Silene verecunda of the Pink Family (Caryophyllaceae)
  20. Telescope Near Sunset - A view of the trail and the peak a few minutes before sunset.
Telescope Peak (July 2006)    Quick view of trip pics
  1. Arcane Meadows #1 - View of the trail and rain clouds at Arcane Meadows which is about two miles from the trailhead at Mahogany Flats.
  2. Arcane Meadows #2 - Another view of the trail as it runs through Arcane Meadows with Bennett Peak straight ahead.
  3. Rogers Peak - This view of Rogers Peak from Arcane Meadows shows some of the stuff on top of the peak. An access road leads to the facility from Mahogany Flats.
  4. Four Deer - Four deer not far from the peak. The picture's a little fuzzy, but there wasn't a lot of light and I was using my backup camera.
  5. Geomarker On Peak - U.S. Geological Survey marker on top of Telescope Peak.
  6. Hall Canyon - View of Hall Canyon from the top of Telescope Peak.
  7. Hanaupah Canyon - View of Hanaupah Canyon and Death Valley floor from Telescope Peak.
  8. Johnson Canyon - View of Johnson Canyon and Death Valley floor from Telescope Peak.
  9. Primrose - There were quite a few primrose plants along the trail.
  10. Rain Clouds #1 - View to the south from the peak with plenty of dark clouds.
  11. Rain Clouds #2 - Another view to the southwest looking across Panamint Valley to Searles Valley.
  12. Alumroot - Alumroot plant growing at the summit. This plant was particularly abundant.
  13. Telescope Peak - View of the peak at about the two mile point on the trail.
  14. Thermometer - I don't think it was really this cold on the peak, but this is what my thermometer said. It was definately nice and cool!
  15. Trail #1 - View along the trail.
  16. Trail #2 - Another view along the trail.
  17. Jail Canyon - Looking down into Jail Canyon from the summit.
Miscellaneous:
  1. Bad Water - Picture of Sea Level sign taken at Bad Water.
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