The Lehman Cave system began forming around 550 million years ago while the area was still submerged in a relatively warm, shallow ocean. As sediment layers built up on the bottom of this sea, limestone was formed from the silt, sand and skeletal remains of sea life. The limestone was greatly compressed as a result of the pressure of the …
Our last ride in the Great Basin area went up into the hills and Black Horse Canyon towards Mount Moriah. It was purely exploratory because we knew nothing about the roads. It was mostly a success. The gravel/dirt was pretty good for the most part as we headed up into the canyon. As the story …
There isn’t much mountain biking on singletrack in the area of Great Basin National Park, but there are a lot of dirt roads that go up into different mountains and canyons. We rode Osceola Road and around Sacramento Pass on previous days, this time we road out and back into the park on the dirt …
The larger Great Basin ecosystem is a 200,000 square mile area that drains inward. All precipitation in this region evaporates, sinks underground, or flows into lakes. No water reaches the ocean. Great Basin’s lowest point is 6,195 feet at Snake Creek and the highest point in Great Basin is 13,063 feet on Wheeler Peak. This …
Strawberry Creek hike didn’t have any strawberries, but it had plenty of fall color. In August 2016, lightning ignited the Strawberry Creek Fire. The fired burned over 4,700 acres of public and private land, 60% of which was part of Great Basin National Park. It’s starting to regrow and there is still a large portion …