Basin and Range Landforms

• Basin and Range Region

• Owens Valley and Eastern Sierra
• Mt. Langley to Owens Lake: 10,400' vertical drop in 12 mi = 17% average slope
• East face of Sierra Nevada from valley floor
• Alabama Hills
• East face of Sierra Nevada from Inyo Mtns
• Lone Pine fault in Owens Valley
• Line of vegetation highlights springs associated with fault line
• Owens Valley looking north
• Owens Valley looking south
• Sierra crest from east of Inyos

• White and Inyo Mountains
• Form eastern wall of Owens Valley
• White Mountains
• Southern Inyos looking across Owens Lake
• Steep sided ranges with broad flats at high elevations
• Inyos at 8000'
• Whites at over 10,000'
• Looking north to White Mountains from Inyos
• Formerly active mining area
• Mine with a view
• Great views of Sierra Nevada sunrise
• View from 5,000' at foot of Inyos
• Full moon at sunrise
• Campsite with a view

• Saline Valley east of Inyos
• East face of the Inyos: Keynot Peak to Saline Dry Lake:
• 10,000' vertical drop in 8 miles = 24% average slope
• Desert ranges to east lower but still rugged
• Deep, remote hole accessed by single 80 mile-long dirt road
• Southern entrance tops 6,000' at head of Grapevine Canyon
• Northern entrance tops 7,000' at Whipporwill Flat
• Ruins of tram from old salt mining operation at 1,000'

• Death Valley and the Panamint Range
• Telescope Peak to Badwater: 11,300' vertical drop in 12 miles = 17% average slope
• Deep hole
• Western approach
• Southern approach
• Bad Water (-280')
• Amargosa River valley drains into south end but rarely carries water
• Panamints looking west from Bad Water
• 2005 in unusually wet year
• Massive alluvial fans along base
• Telescope Peaking looking east from Panamint Valley
• Looking south into Panamint Valley (1,000') and Telescope Peak (11,000') from 6,000'
• Telescope Peak from 9500'
• Death Valley from crest of Panamints
• Sierra Nevada frequently visible 70+ miles to west
• View from Wildrose Valley
• Sierra Nevada beyond Panamints from Dante's View east of Death Valley
• Evidence of recent faulting near Furnace Creek
• Recent uplift exposes soft lake bottom sediments at Zabriskie Point
• Uplift and erosion in Cottonwood Canyon
• Oases in the midst of extreme aridity
• Saratoga Springs
• Ibex Springs
• Furnace Creek Inn
• Desert Camping