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Death Valley National Park

Ubehebe Crater

The Park Service literature rates the hike around the perimeter of the rim of Ubehebe Crater as a moderate hike.

Not a very long hike, 500 feet of elevation gain, seemingly all at once and in two-steps-forward-one-step-back volcanic gravel and pea stone the woman in loose ‘crocs’ without her hiking poles disagrees with the rating.

Stark Yet Colorful BeautyThe Leavings of a Geologically Relatively Recent Magma and Steam Induced ExplosionLittle Ubehebe Crater Note the ‘crocs’ masquerading as hiking boots.