Mahogany Flats campground- We drove to a free campground in the park, Mahogany Flats, a ridge at 8133 ft elevation. We were looking at the face of a beautiful snow capped peak. The 7 mile hike to Telescope Peak, elev. 11,049 ft, began here, but it was covered in snow. The hike description recommended crampons, ice axes and winter mountaineering skills for this hike. I guess we'll have to miss it this time. Leave it to us to find SNOW in Death Valley! A beautiful cold morning on a ridge, with a snow capped peak on one side of us and the salt basin of Death Valley on the other side. We did some foraging, we gathered pinion nuts (pine nuts) to roast and eat later.

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