Amargosa River crossing Death Valley

[@nickharland3795]

Thanks for showing these desert rivers, they are so interesting to me. In times of high water, I wonder if anyone has even done a Death Valley canoe trip? :)

[@potatothorn]

haha kayaking in the main valley is a thing to do in extra wet years... "Lake Manly" the ancient lake that once occupied the area occasionally reforms around the area of the low point and the giant salt flats can get a foot or more of water, just enough to float on. very rare event but there are a few photos of people kayaking but the rivers are either too fast and furious or too shallow. this one you could maybe float half a mile at most.. generally even where the flow is strong it is spread out...

[@RandomButtonPusher]

Thanks for taking me out in the desert again! Good to see you two out and about.

[@potatothorn]

glad you like it.. was a great trip, lucky timing with all this water..... we've been out quite bit but we mostly keep going to the same places so i dont make as many videos

[@CritterCamSoCal]

We where there March 4, 2023 you can see where we crossed on to the right of the main crossing. It was no problem the water is 8-10 in deep at the crossing. We had a 4WD Ford Explorer, but I feel a 2 WD with Mud/Snow tiers and good clearance would have made it. Thanks for the vid.

[@potatothorn]

going off road is not allowed we dont do that but glad you found a way to make it. a lot of people were making their own way around leaving deep tracks

[@steveinathens]

Great video. Just missed you there by a few days. We crossed that river 3 times.

[@potatothorn]

thanks, was our first time at the crossing so cool to see water.. we stay down by the mojave river / from one underground river to the other... i saw on FB you were out there, that is too bad/ hopefully we are there at the same time in the future...

[@rudedogii]

Oh! Thanks for sharing! I was out there in October 2022 after the monsoon rains. It was awesome. I've been tempted to head out but I no longer have a 4x4. Sucks! Been looking for work. Have another job interview Wednesday. I'll be back!

[@potatothorn]

oh man no more superado? praying you get back to work soon and get back out here... I cant believe we got lucky an saw so much water i was told it was dry in january.. we were in afton but it was so windy we drove up here for the day...

[@BackpackingWithJason]

I love your videos. I’ve never been backpacking in the desert or even seen a desert. Really cool 👍🏻👍🏻

[@potatothorn]

man get out here let's go for a hike... any time

[@edhaynes4107]

I have yet to visit that area. Thanks for pointing it out. As for balloons - it is amazing of the amount of balloons on the ground that I come across while hiking in the wilderness areas. Also, on one of my trips to Mt. Whitney there was a party balloon overhead which floated by. You can't get away from them.

[@potatothorn]

frikkin balloons are everywhere /// we try/// hope you get to come see this / not often water like this, you have to check the weather and see if it had rained but there is always water near shoshone along CA127

[@Benjamin-David]

That's a great road. I've crossed in the exact spot a few years ago in march as well. Really really pretty....

[@potatothorn]

excellent... we were happy to see water, our first time making it this far up the road

[@AdventureWithAprilAndJake]

This is so cool!!! Death Valley is a place I'd love to visit some time!

[@potatothorn]

do it! there are a few spots with water, all of them amazing

[@AdventureWithAprilAndJake]

@@potatothorn excellent!! I definitely need to make it happen

[@sulufest]

Any Tusken Raiders??

[@potatothorn]

ha! they mostly hang out about 50 miles north of here

[@vs123]

Wath happen river

[@potatothorn]

it dries up