6 November 2019 Wildrose Canyon

We spent the morning catching up on phone calls based on the mail we received yesterday. In the afternoon we drove up Emigrant Canyon Road to the charcoal kilns. Along the way we saw four of the famous wild burros on a hilltop. The ten kilns were built in the early 1900s to turn the Pinion Pine and Juniper trees in the canyon into charcoal for use in a mill to the west of the park. The kilns are in surprisingly good shape considering they are over a hundred years old. We continued past the kilns where the dirt road turns into a four-wheel drive road (with 20% grades) to Mahogany Flats campground. It’s also the trailhead for Telescope Mountain trail (7 miles each way with a 3000 foot climb). After looking around and enjoying the beautiful views of the valleys, we headed back down Emigrant Canyon and turned down Wildrose Canyon road. The road wound its way through the tight canyon before opening up on Panamint valley. Then it was back to Stovepipe Wells for the evening. 

David in the door to one of the Charcoal Kilns

The ten Charcoal Kilns in a row

Death Vally from Mahogany Flats

View of Wildrose Canyon from Mahogany Flats