BLM SE740

BLM SE740 is a trail tracing a course parallel to US-395 beneath a series of power line corridors. The route offers a useful link trail in the Olancha area network while delivering a solid mix of soft sand, light technical terrain, and open desert scenery. The surface is soft sand throughout, with embedded rocks and small boulders keeping things honest. The trail weaves in and out of several small washes along the way, and drivers will encounter a couple of water crossings up to 12 inches deep, depending on conditions. Vegetation is quintessential lower Owens Valley desert: dense low scrub brush with Joshua trees scattered throughout. The views hold steady in both directions with the Eastern Sierra to the west and the Coso Range climbing above the Death Valley boundary to the east.