I created an alternate route for the return to Spangler Hills from Beatty via Titus Canyon. The route passes the ghost towns of Rhyolite, Leadfield and Ballarat and also passes by the Trona Pinnacles close to camp. The total trail distance is 184 miles, and there is gas at Stovepipe Wells 60 miles in and in Trona. A pic of the route is below and I attached the GPX file:
