Marble Canyon In Death Valley

End of cottonwood canyon road.

Marble canyon in death valley. Nps dan kish. The route is undeniabl. A trip to the marble canyon in kootenay national park ended in tragedy for an alberta couple on sunday after a woman fell into the kootenay river and sadly couldn t be saved by onlookers. Cottonwood marble canyon loop is a 31 8 mile lightly trafficked loop trail located near death valley california that features beautiful wild flowers and is only recommended for very experienced adventurers.

Still very much a backpacking frontier death valley national park at 3 4 million acres is the largest national park in the us south of alaska. Marble canyon is about 85 kilometres north of radium on highway 93. Trailhead in the first narrows view southwest. After 2 1 2 miles the regular route continues up the main canyon to the southwest but this route.

On august 16 shortly after 6 p m columbia valley rcmp received a report of a fatal water incident and a water rescue underway at marble canyon in kootenay national park. Backpacking in death valley national can be challenging but the opportunities for experiencing solitude sweeping vistas dark night skies and awesome geology abound within the three million acres of designated wilderness there are few established trails in the park but hikers can follow canyon bottoms open desert washes alluvial fans and abandoned dirt roads to get around. This great hike runs up the south fork of marble canyon into the death valley wilderness area for about 2 1 2 miles where much of the canyon is deep and narrow the gentle grade provides easy hiking and there is little to climb over. Popular with desert loving backpackers this long and challenging hike is one of the few loop trails in death valley national park.

Explore death valley national park the lowest point in the western hemisphere on this full day excursion from las vegas. Cottonwood marble junction cottonwood canyon rd end. The majority of the other opportunities for backpacking are essentially you re free to wander around and camp in this area and then leave it to hiker to decide where to go where as this loop has a set start and end point and a specific path to follow to get. Enjoy convenient round trip transportation from your las vegas hotel to the park and travel between furnace creek artist s palette badwater basin and zabriskie point with ease.

The trail is primarily used for hiking camping nature trips and backpacking and is accessible year round.