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This is a nice run and a fun mountain decent into the beautiful Saline Valley from Death Valley (The google map). It starts near the northern end of Death Valley, just past Scotty's Castle. You go past Ubehebe Crater, and then on the dirt road to Racetrack. Since Racetrack is marked on the National Park map, you get to dust passed all sorts of vehicles that you don't normally see offroad (high speed desert runner Camry's, tonnes of Dodge trucks gingerly doing 5mph, etc.)

Here's the trailmonkey map of Saline valley marked with my route in red:


The famous Teakettle Junction is one of the first major landmarks:



The Racetrack is well worth a visit all by itself:





The road south of Racetrack is not marked on the NP map, nor on the TrailMonkey map, but showed up with it's name on my Garmin (Ubehebe Road). It's a bit tight and a bit warn (there's a sign saying "no tow service beyond this point" ! ) but it is a fine road and with stunning views of Saline Valley:








The Valley floor:



Unfortunately we were running late and it was dark for much of our time in Saline Valley. Next time: