Mazourka Canyon trails starts near Independence, CA and run north through the Inyo Mountains to Death Valley Road.
From the east side of the White Mountains ,Wyman Canyon starts on Hwy168 in Deep Springs Valley (close to the CA / NA border) and runs to the top of the mountains. Wyman Canyon trail and Silver Canyon Trail can be linked together to form a White Mountain traverse about midway (north-to-south) in the mountain range. In fact, you can link all three routes together for a long weekend.
Silver Canyon takes over at the top of the mountains where Wyman Canyon ends and drops down the west side into Laws and Bishop.
All three are documented in Roger Mitchell’s book: Inyo-Mono SUV Trails, a guide to 40 interesting and scenic four-wheeling excursions in the Inyo and Mono County.
He rates Wyman as mostly class II and Silver class III. He rates Mazourka as ranging from class I to class III. Rain and snow and change those ratings.
On this map Mazourka Canyon Trail from Independence to Death Valley road is in Green
Wyman Canyon is Blue and
Silver Canyon is Red
The big building symbol is Bishop and the small brown one is big Pine
- Overview of the location of the three Trails
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