[John Morrow]

After a long long drive through Mojave National Preserve, Kimberly and I landed in the Racetrack Valley where we set up a camp at the mouth of Lost Burro Gap (Hunter Mountain Road) for a couple of nights and days of hiking. Our first day was a hike up Ubehebe Peak 5678' trail from the Racetrack and onto the Racetrack and Grandstand.

Ubehebe Peak

Little Ubehebe Peak

Leaving Racetrack

Saline Valley View

North

Peek

Lost Burro Pk above Racetrack

View NE; shades and stripes

The Grandstand

Later in the day was some afternoon explorations of local canyons from camp in order to avoid a windstorm. We thought we'd be in the thick of a Racetrack Valley sandstorm but the only sand in the air was in the far distant Saline Valley.

side canyon slot

short slot exploration

fun scrambling

steep section

trying another shallow slot

Sand storm in Saline

The next day we found a neat way to access Lost Burro Peak 6097' above the Lost Burro Mine by approaching through a deep slot canyon with dryfall scrambles and bypasses. This hike is well described and mapped in Michel Digonnet's "Hiking Death Valley": https://www.amazon.com/Hiking-Death-Valley-Natural-Wonders/dp/0965917835/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=WFB7BJK2PGMJ59CARM77

Lost Burro Gap

Lost Burro Canyon dryfall bypass

Lost Burro Canyon slot

blue slot

Kimberly enjoying dryfall scrambles

Big dryfall to bypass

Up to saddle below peak

Saline and Sierras from Lost Burro Pk

Racetrack peek

descending toward Lost Burro Mine

Some rock art: https://www.flickr.com/photos/23557848@N03/albums/72157676578383518

[GaliWalker]

Looks like fun! I liked those shots of The Grandstand from above; a very cool perspective on a feature familiar to me.