Saline Valley  Back to article View Gallery 9 of 21 Looking down
between canyon walls to Saline Valley below, there's a mine
structure visible at the lower left. Saline Valley is almost 100
miles long, and water sources are scarce to non-existent. Can
you imagine backpacking the length and breadth of Saline Valley
without outside sources of water? The author's opinion is that
wilderness advocates do not aspire to such a backpacking trip.
Instead, their goal is to keep people from visiting places like
this. Furthermore, yours truly has backpacking, hiking, and
mountain biking experience, and enjoys each activity. In his
opinion, four-wheel drive vehicles do not belong everywhere but
closed-to-the-public wilderness doesn't, either.