Hiking Death Valley National Park - Gower Gulch to Golden Canyon Loop
This video describes the Gower Gulch - Golden Canyon loop hike in Death Valley National Park the way it was on 4-9-2018. The 8½ mile hike starts at Zabriskie Point trailhead and follows Gower Gulch down to the valley floor where you take a connector trail over to Golden Canyon trailhead. We followed Golden Canyon up to Red Cathedral and then over to Manly beacon. After Manly Beacon it's back to Zabriskie Point trailhead where we started. The hike has an elevation gain of 1600 feet and took us 4½ hours to complete.
Zabriskie Point Gower Gulch Loop Trail, Death Valley National Park
Zabriskie Point is the premier sunrise location in Death Valley National Park and is the trailhead position for Gower Gulch Loop. Gower Gulch Loop visits some of the most stunning badlands scenery in Death Valley. Highlights include Red Cathedral, Manly Beacon, Panamint Mountain Range and Death Valley itself. Gower Gulch can be hiked in conjunction with the Golden Canyon to Zabriskie Point Trail which starts near the valley floor.
Hiking Golden Canyon & Gower Gulch- Death Valley National Park
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Me, my husband and two kids (ages 9 and 11) hiked Golden Canyon trail and Gower Gulch Loop. It was a moderately easy hike that winds through a majestic canyon. This loop was four miles long with a short section of elevation gain along the canyon wall that may make those with vertigo or fear of heights uneasy. But take it one step at a time and keep your eyes on the trail and you'll be fine. You'd be missing out if you decided to turn around at that point. The trail is well marked and I reccomend downloading the trail guide for this trail, to make sure you know where the turn off to Gower Gulch is from the Golden Canyon trail. If you want to add two more miles to your hike and get a spectacular view, add Zabriskie Point to your hike, which is accessible Via Gower Gulch. You will wee a trail marker at a junction indicating for this, as well as being able to see it off in the distance along hwy 190. You can always just drive up and park at Zabriskie point also. We left it out because our kids were not up to the additional trek that day. Here is the link to the official trail guide
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Death Valley National Park - Golden Canyon Trail & Gower Gulch Trail - Park Travel Review
On our first hike of vacation in Death Valley National Park, we decided to beat the crowds and the heat by starting before dawn. Golden Canyon Trail really showed its beauty at that time in the morning! I totally recommend this loop hike in the morning! Gower Gulch Trail is a great way to see the effects of water in this desert landscape.
From the National Park website: A labyrinth landscape of golden colored hills and winding narrow canyons create hiking options ranging from easy strolls to strenuous adventures. The most popular routes listed here can be combined with one another for longer adventures. Regardless which adventure is right for you, take the map and route description with you.
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Death Valley National Park - Golden Canyon / Badlands Loop / Gower Gulch - December 27, 2015
We spent the week between Christmas and New Years exploring Death Valley National Park in California. It's fast becoming one of my favorite parks. It is the largest National Park outside of Alaska, and with elevations that range from 283 feet below sea level to over 11,000 feet above sea level, it has all sorts of unique terrain to explore in its deserts, oases, mountains, craters, canyons, sand dunes, secluded valleys, and much more.
The Golden Canyon hike is one of the more popular day hikes in Death Valley, and leads to the base of the Red Cathedral rock formation which dominates the skyline. Climbing up the ridge at the base of the formation provides some gorgeous views over the badlands and across the valley. From there, most hikers return to the trail head but the hike can be extended by taking a fork and traversing the base of Manley Beacon, which is visible from Zabriske Point about a mile away and is one of the most photographed features in the park. After hiking through badlands for a bit, you can turn down Gower Gulch and follow the drainage out of the canyon and back into the valley, then hike along the valley back to the Golden Cathedral trail head. Along the way you can see all sorts of rock formations as well as the multi- colored rocks laden with iron, borax, and minerals laid down on top of each other over millions of years then compressed, pushed, pulled, and generally stirred up through geologic forces over time.
The route we took was around 5.5 miles round trip. Although the weather started out chilly, it warmed up some during the day, although the shady canyon narrows remained cool all day. A highly recommended, fairly easy hike.
DEATH VALLEY ~ GOLDEN CANYON / GOWER GULCH LOOP - Full Hike
We started this hike in the morning doing the loop counter clockwise. The sun was at our backs most of the hike.
Gower Gulch Loop - Death Valley
A great 4 mile hike in Death Valley
Hiking Ubehebe Crater Loop | Death Valley National Park
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Discover the fascinating volcanic geology in Death Valley National Park. The Ubehebe Crater is located at the northern end of Death Valley, past Scotty’s Castle. It was formed possibly as recently as 300 years ago. It is 600 feet (183 meters) deep and half a mile (800 meters) wide. The 1.85-mile (3 km) trail is easy to moderate, hiking in the gravel with occasional gradual ups and downs. During the hike, you will also find “Little Hebe”, a small crater located near Ubehebe. You can also go inside the crater of the volcano from a path near the parking area.
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Zabriskie Point - Descending down Gower Gulch - Death Valley National Park
Short video from the hike to Zabriskie Point and then back down Gower Gulch to complete the loop. Late December 2008 in Death Valley National Park. This was a survey trip for ProTrails.com.
Backpacking through the Grand Canyon (AZ) & Exploring Death Valley National Park (CA)
This is the complete video of my October 10-25-2015 Grand Canyon and Death Valley Trip with several members of the Explorers Club of Pittsburgh and friends. I see waterfalls, a flashflood after an epic storm, lose part of my tent, see a double rainbow at plateau point and more. This adventure begins at the North Rim, follows the North Kaibab Trail to the Colorado River, Picks up the South Kaibab, and part of the Bright Angel Trail, and then follows the Tonto Trail about 15 miles. After spending 7 days in the Grand Canyon we decide to go to a warmer dryer place- Death Valley, CA (but first stop to witness the Engineering marvel of the Hoover Dam). Journey with me on one of my greatest adventures.
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Full Hike (WM; Stabilized): Melted Ice Cream in Death Valley, California
This place is one of the lowest points on Earth and, at one time, recorded the hottest air temperature. Per their ordeals, early California gold prospectors branded it Death Valley, probably to warn everyone away. Well, that failed, spectacularly. Death Valley National Park is now among the top visited in the United States.
The Golden Canyon-Badlands-Gower Gulch Loop is an appropriate, low elevation-gain introduction to hiking in the park. There are two entries—one being Zabriskie Point, a favorite sunset lookout. Travel along Gower Gulch and imagine water rushing through, transforming the dry fall, then escaping the canyon mouth into the vast expanse beyond. Get lost among numerous Golden Canyon arteries to finally arrive at the Red Cathedral cliffs. Exploit whatever shades offered by those two stretches, for the largely exposed Badlands Loop rewards amazing vantage points but no solace against potential serious sun hazards.
Death Valley's lower elevations are best visited on non-summer months. Photography, though, is fantastic all year. Gold may have long been gone in California, but the golden hues still shine brightly.
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Route: Golden Canyon-Badlands-Gower Gulch Loop
Type: Loop
Distance: 7.8 mi.
Elevation Gain: 834 ft.
Location: Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Date/Time: 2018-12-26 13:14
My Thoughts:
Since the early days of my life's U.S. West Coast chapter, there was always a fearful fascination of Death Valley, which led to absurd questions I could not answer. Do voracious beasts prowl the land for unsuspecting victims who wander in? Will a gaping hole open up to plunge me deep into the planet's infernal bosom? To my young mind, this dark spot on the map was a horrid quagmire, ready to snatch my soul and leave my body rotting until there is nothing left but exposed, weathered white bones on the desert floor.
I did come close to unraveling the mystery. I made enough trips to Las Vegas, which was close by, but there were always other priorities. And so, for years the mystery laid dormant, unsolved.
But, as is a fundamental property of the cosmos: things changed. Life became more free while I became more outbound. No longer were there dark spots to be avoided; instead, each is a bounty of priceless knowledge and fulfillment. Fortunately, a planned trip would bring me close to Death Valley again. I seized the chance.
The Golden Canyon-Badlands-Gower Gulch Loop was an excellent pick. Beside, the other two top options were hindered by a closed road and heavy snow (hint: future videos). On the loop, most tourists quickly fell behind not far into the Canyon. As happened many times before, I was left to my own thoughts. Personal safety was self-assured. I stood over the Badlands and saw Zabriskie Point/Manly Beacon/Red Cathedral. I shrunk and dove into a tub of melted ice cream. I thought the trail dead-ended at the dry waterfall and was committed to jump down, almost. I slept way too close to other campers at Emigrant Campground and was asked to turn down the radio for the first time. When getting out of the park, a badly timed gas fill up greatly raised the prospect of getting stranded out in a place most dare not be stranded. Yet, I knew I had not spent enough time to attach all of the puzzle pieces. I would be back... the quagmire had captured my soul.
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Golden Canyon Trail - Death Valley - California
Golden Canyon – Gower Gulch Loop visits some of the most stunning landscapes in Death Valley National Park. The 4-mile hike begins with a one-mile trek up Golden Canyon. Numbered markers along the way make the canyon easy to follow. These markers correspond with an interpretive trail guide that tells the geological history of the land. The guide is available for purchase at the trailhead and visitor centers, but no guide is required to realize the beauty of Golden Canyon.
The sides of the canyon are made up of red mudstone and colorful mosaic conglomerates. Occasional broken pavement offers a reminder that a road once went through this canyon until a rainstorm took it out in 1976. Follow the main wash uphill toward the prominent landmark aptly named the Red Cathedral.
One mile into the hike, near marker #10, the loop leaves Golden Canyon. Follow the brown arrow pointing to the right and hike out of the canyon on a footpath that passes just beneath a prominence named Manly Beacon. As a side trek, hikers may continue ¼ mile up Golden Canyon to the base of Red Cathedral.
The single-track beneath Manly Beacon provides some of the finest views of the loop. At the high point of the divide, hikers can enjoy a mesmerizing panorama across the badlands.
Mosaic Canyon in Death Valley National Park
Hiked Mosaic Canyon in Death Valley National Park. As any other hike in Death Valley be careful of the temps, as on this hike once we were back to the car it was over a 100 outside. Summer time temps can get up over 120!
The hike is a 4 mile round trip.
From the parking area, proceed up the rocky wash and into the canyon. Within the first 0.25mi, the canyon abruptly narrows as the smooth marble walls of Noonday Dolomite take shape around you. The passing of grit-laden flash floods have scoured the narrow canyon and polished the smooth marble walls to a beautiful finish. Use caution hiking on the smooth slippery surfaces. You are entering designated wilderness.
Top 5 Hikes | Death Valley National Park | California
Come discover Death Valley National Park's Top 5 Hikes (plus 3 short hikes if you're just there for the day). We've explored Death Valley, California twice on our 18 month road trip and hiked several trails. We were amazed by its beauty and the diversity of what the park has to offer. We're happy to share our favorite trails with you.
Top 5 Hikes:
1. Badwater Salt Flats (1 mile roundtrip)
2. Ubehebe Crater Loop (1.5 mile loop)
3. Salt Creek Interpretative Trail (1 mile loop)
4. Golden Canyon to Red Cathedral (3.0 miles roundtrip)
5. Desolation Canyon Trail (3.6 miles roundtrip)
Must See Sites / Other Notable Short Hikes:
1. Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes (walk as much as you want)
2. Harmony Borax Works Interpretative Trail (0.5 mile loop)
3. Natural Bridge Canyon (1 mile roundtrip)
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Death valley & Fire valley NP Road Trip
Our trip to USA. Part 3. December 2017.
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Golden canyon hike with Kids at Death Valley National Park
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Death Valley National Park - Extreme Desert Adventures (Vlog/Park #13)
Death Valley National Park! In March of 2017 I was joined by our church staff for a two-day adventure in one of the most underestimated and underrated National Parks. We spent our time hiking both the Mosaic Canyon and Golden Canyon, enjoyed beautiful sunsets at Dante's View and Zabriskie Point, check out Mesquite Dunes and Badwater Basin and camped at Furnace Creek. Enjoy and please subscribe to the channel! NOTE: All drone footage shot outside the National Park perimeter.
Death Valley Hike Golden Canyon and Gower Gulch to Zabriskie Point
Saratoga Springs Death Valley National Park
Saratoga Springs Death Valley National Park and 4x4 Road California. Capo Valley 4 Wheelers. April 12-14 2013. On Sunday morning we head out from base camp and head over to Saratoga Springs in Death Valley National Park.