The 50 Miler 1996
April 8th-13th. A backpack trek to Panimint City then on to Panimint pass and Hungry Bill's Ranch and Death Valley.
Following in the foot steps of the intrepid settlers and miners of the past our excursion would take us from Ballart Ghost town in the scorched Panimint valley 6000 feet up over 10 miles of waterfalls and boulder strewn trails to the site of the fabulous treasure town of Panimint. We set off on April 8th at 8:30 from Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside and arrived at our destination at 12:30. We said good-bye to friends and family and turned our back on civilization. For the following six days we would live as did the rugged pioneers that originally settled in this inhospitable country. Our route was to be over Panimint pass. The proprietor at the Ballart store said the pass was not impassable but we set off to prove him wrong. The following pictures show a brief bit of the adventure.