Also found on this page are
changes to trails, conditions and other various new updates and
corrections to subject
matter that is covered on our guides. As we revisit areas on our
guides, we will take note of anything different and post them on this
page.
February 2009 - Our new web
page that offers free KML map data detailing our trips is now on-line.
Currently, we have less than a handful of map data files available,
but we will be adding more in the coming months. Read more on our
Map Data web page.
January 2009 - Look for our ad
in The Sun Runner magazine's February issue. This magazine
highlights many activities and places to explore in the deserts of
Southern California. Check out their
website on where to pickup an issue or be included in their
distribution list.
November 2008 - Our Death
Valley guide is now available at the following stores and museums: Death
Valley Visitor's Center in Furnace Creek [see
picture], China Ranch Date Farm and the
Mojave River Valley Museum in Barstow. See our
Links page
for more information on these sites.
July 2008 - Our Internet
hosting service has switched our website over to another server which
took our website down for a few weeks. It is now back up.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
June 2008 - Our Death Valley
guide is now for sale at the Lone Pine Eastern Sierra Interagency
Visitors' Center. The center is located just south of the town of
Lone Pine at the intersection of US 395 and SR 136. For more
contact information, please see
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/contact/.
2009 - Our
new page offering free map data to download is now available.
Check out our Map Data web page.
2008 - The area around the
Keene Wonder Mine, which is featured in several chapters of our guide,
has been temporarily closed by the National Park Service. The dirt
access road is simply closed from the pavement of Daylight Pass Cutoff.
Read
this page about the details or see the main NPS
website for Death
Valley in case the detailed page does not open.
2007 - New Entrance Fee -
The guide currently reports the entrance fee to Death Valley as $10 per
vehicle. As of 2007, the fee is now $20 per vehicle for 7 days.
Please check the Fees & Reservations page on the
http://www.nps.gov/deva website
for the latest information including other fees.
2008 - Mosaic Canyon Boulder Jam
- As you begin to enter the 2nd narrows, a large boulder has fallen
to the bottom of the canyon making it difficult to continue up-canyon to
see the additional cascades and dry waterfall. Smaller people
can find a path under the boulder on the left side. There is also
a fairly difficult route around and over the boulder on the right side.
Since this is such a popular hike in the park, in due time a safer and
easier route will be carved around the fallen boulder.
