A conveyance is seen successful the spectacular constrictive conception of Death Valley's Titus Canyon successful an undated photo. Photo by: Char Bergman / Courtesy of National Park Service
By Las Vegas Sun Staff (contact)
Monday, Sept. 28, 2026 | 1:26 p.m.
A fashionable way done Death Valley National Park volition beryllium inaccessible to visitors for a fewer months arsenic it is acceptable to close this week for repairs needed aft extended flood damage, according to a quality release.
Titus Canyon Road, 1 of Death Valley National Park’s astir fashionable backcountry drives, volition adjacent Friday done May 2027, the merchandise stated.
“These improvements volition assistance support the roadworthy from aboriginal tempest harm portion preserving its historical quality and providing reliable entree to this peculiar place,” Superintendent Mike Reynolds stated successful the release.
The roadworthy was severely damaged by flash flooding successful 2022 and 2023. About 500 visitors and 500 parkland workers became stranded successful the parkland during 2022 storms with 60 vehicles buried successful mud and debris.
The 2023 tempest acceptable a single-day rainfall grounds for Death Valley with 2.2 inches, breaking the grounds acceptable during 2022 storms of 1.70 inched and exceeding the park’s yearly mean rainfall of 2.15 inches. The 2023 rains were brought by the remnants of Hurricane Hilary, which besides caused flooding and extended harm successful the Las Vegas area, peculiarly successful Mount Charleston.
Crews had completed preliminary repairs, including moving boulders, filling drop-offs and grading the roadway, allowing the roadworthy to temporarily reopen this summer.
The task is designed to marque Titus Canyon Road much resilient to aboriginal storms, amended information and trim harm from flooding.
Work volition absorption connected improving drainage, reducing erosion and addressing areas susceptible to tempest damage. Improvements volition see constructing rolling dips to nonstop stormwater distant from the roadway and placing stone worldly astatine lavation crossings and different areas wherever flowing h2o tin undermine the road.
Near Red Pass, crews volition stabilize an eroding conception of roadway with steep drop-offs and rockfall hazards. Work volition see removing escaped stone and excavating portions of the slope supra the roadworthy to amended stableness and widen the roadway.
More accusation astir the terrible floods of 2022 and 2023 is disposable connected the Death Valley National Park website astatine nps.gov/deva/learn/nature/flash-floods.htm.
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