Safe route through Death Valley to Vegas?

6/28/2016 12:27:12 PM

I drove through Death Valley in August some years ago (1996!) in a modern (for the time) rental car. We had no problems although we did see some other cars that had broken down.

If you like desert scenery I would strongly recommend that you make the journey via Death Valley, even detouring to see Dantes View. We did this and it was well worth seeing.

While you’re in the area and if you can make the time I would also strongly recommend checking out Badwater.

6/28/2016 12:05:01 PM

Highway 190 is probably more interesting and gets more action for sure, but both have enough traffic to not worry. You would be hard pressed to catch five minutes without a car.

The temperature is really not that much a problem for today’s cars. What you should be concerned about is leaving the car and walking around too much. You won’t sweat (it seems), but even after half an hour you will be dehydrated without being aware. So don’t go hiking unless you have lots and lots and lots of water; if you just hop in and out, still make sure to bring something to drink (and use it).

Edit: both roads go from below 0 elevation to over 4000 feet, but neither is very steep. Highway 190 is only gaining height slowly, you might not realize it much even. But as I said above, your car is really not a thing to worry about.

[I did a nine mile hike there just last week, at 112 F. It’s all about drinking enough.]

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