Distance: 3.4 miles round trip on trail
Summit Elevation: 1894' (dry fall)
Elevation Gain: 1050'
Elevation Gain (in Empire State Buildings): 0.8
Round trip time: 2 hours
Recommended water: 16 oz.
Parking/Fees: $35 National Parks Fee or National Parks Pass on Daylight Pass Road
Difficulty: Easy
Mosaic Canyon is near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley. It was very popular and we had to park in overflow parking along the road. At the start, the canyon was wide and there were multiple trails. After a mile or so, it narrows and there were a number of small dry falls (3'-10') that we clambered up. A couple of them created bottlenecks as inexperienced hikers or those without proper footwear struggled going up or down. At 1.3 miles, there was a boulder pile that turned more than half around. The boulder pile required slightly greater skill but had good holds. We continued up over another half dozen small dry falls as the number of hikers dwindled. The trail ended at a 25' dry fall. Looking at satellite views later, it looked like there was a use trail that bypassed the first fall and allowed you continue a little further, but we were not aware of it at the time.
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