The Veta Madre

[BobP]

The Veta Madre is not just a quiet hike near a purple gem mine, but rather, it is the quintessential and original "Mother Lode." It is not for the faint of heart or the casual hiker. Nine years, 6 months and 5 days ago, a group headed out to pave the way for the rest of us to become addicted. In the words of Elaine....yada...yada..yada. Its 3,475 days later or over 5 million minutes. NEways, the tenth anniversary of the maiden trip will be Friday December 20, 2013. But this adventure will be on the next day Saturday December 21, 2013 which happens to be the first day of winter. Weather permitting.. You are invited to join for the whole trip or maybe just a trip to Browns or maybe just a jaunt over to the end of the Amethyst trail. We have 179 days to plan and become interested and committed and the same amount of time to ignore or bail. The hike can be a mile for some or 9 miles for others or even more depending what routes are taken. If you plan on doing the full mother lode be warned its not a hike....its a journey stated differently in many triplogs here on HikeArizona.com.

If Flat Denny is stil around, he will make the trip up Brown's

[BobP]

I'm on 143 right now and the peaks are missing

[DarthStiller]

@chumley

I saw the pic before I read your comment and went HEY!!!