PanamintValley.com

I just joined this and wanted to say hello. I just learned about Panamint from the Gold Fever show and would love to hike there and see the "ghost town" but not sure if I can make it!! Late 40's overweight and my husband can't hike too far due to a total knee replacement but doing research and seeing others pictures makes me feel like I've been there.

Thanks!

Welcome,

Your description applies to a lot of us also - except some of the young whipper snappers LOL

Andy

Hello!

You picked what is probably one of the toughest hikes in all of Southern California. But most of it can be seen here... Welcome to the board Mountain Gal...

Welcome, Mountain Gal!

I thought I was too out of shape to do the hike to Panamint City as well. But I have managed it twice. Yep, it is a doozy, and it took 7 hours up. You definitely need to spend a couple of nights up there, both to recover and to see everything up there.

Somewhere in the Trip Reprts section you should find several discussions of the hike up.

Also, be sure to read the Forum Rules and Welcome Guests topics in the Guest Book section of the forum. It will give you a bit of an idea of what this forum is all about.

David Bricker / SYR

Welcome to the forum!

I've taken people in worse shape to PC before. It took two days to get there, but they said it was well worth the struggle.

I know how bad knees go though. I've got 17 years of miles on an ACL reconstruction that the Doc said might last ten years if I was lucky. By the time I make it back from a weekend in the City I'm nearly dragging myself.

I'll leave my opinion of that episode of Gold fever to myself.

Hey, I have an aftermarket knee. Maybe you could be the Panamint sherpa for a group of us. Welcome Mountain Gal.