in any normal situation i would agree with everyone on the risk of meeting someone on the trail. However due to the remote location and only one way in and one way out, also one stagging area. There was one other group with two quads and we passed them on the way in that were going somewhere else. It takes so long to get there that most camp on weekends and later in the year. The next time i go i won't be able to do the speeds i was doing on the corners because with warmer weather more people are heading up there. it took us little over an hour to get to stagging area and then another 2 1/2 hours on machine to reach dunes with one fuel stop. Also i big bonous but also a sad note, we had a large fire up there a couple of years ago and visability is much higher where everything's been burnt.
hope that clears it up on why i was doing the speeds i was doing. wasn't a soul in sight and everyone in my group was behind me.