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The Oasis at Death Valley, formerly called Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch Resort, is a luxury resort in Furnace Creek, on private land within the boundaries of California's Death Valley National Park. It is owned and operated by Xanterra Travel Collection .
Various lodges (such as Kipawa Lodge which is located at Edward's Narrows and Alwaki Lodge, which is located on Thompson Island) bordering the lake offer hunting and fishing tours and accommodations. The lake's name, of Algonquin origin, has been written in many different forms before "Kipawa" became official in 1968: Kippawa, Kippewa, Kepawa ...
The resort grounds includes a number of shared use paths for hiking, cross-country skiing, and dogsledding. The resort grounds also contains 60 kilometres (37 mi) of hiking trails, and 26 kilometres (16 mi) of cross-country skiing trails. [4] In the section of the resort north of rue Notre Dame is an 18-hole, par 70 golf course.
Telescope Peak is the highest point within Death Valley National Park and was named for the great distance visible from the summit – from atop this desert mountain one can see for over one hundred miles in many directions, including west to Mount Whitney, and east to Charleston Peak. Its summit rises 11,331 feet (3,454 m) above Badwater Basin ...
Death Valley is the fifth-largest American national park and the largest in the contiguous United States. It is also larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware combined, and nearly as large as Puerto Rico. [10] In 2013, Death Valley National Park was designated as a dark sky park by the International Dark-Sky Association. [11]
7.4 kilometres (4.6 mi) towards the south in a deep valley and bending, of which the first 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) in Montmorency Forest, towards the east to the stream of the North (coming from the south); 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) towards the east in a deep valley, until the confluence of the rivière des Neiges (coming from the north);
This tourist resort also offers 30.5 km of snowshoe trails. This network of pistes offers four wood-heated huts, a well-equipped ski center, a ski school, with equipment rental service for board sports. At this SÉPAQ tourist resort, outdoor enthusiasts can practice various board sports, including skate skiing.
Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is thought to be the hottest place on Earth during summer. [3] Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. [1]