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| | Hiking | 11.75 Miles | 9 Hrs 7 Mns | | 1.29 mph |
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| no partners | | Ruins hike part 2 of 2. See my Cold spring Canyon ruins for the first part of this hike.
We made it back to the trail spilt and took the western trail. In a short time we popped out of the Manzanita field and was looking at the Pueblo canyon. Looking down the canyon, I couldn't see any trail. We pushed ahead. The trail is very overgrown. There is a lot of small trees and brush branches hindering you from going uphill. After about a quarter mile, we had another good vantage point of the canyon. We could see the two main ruins sites from across the canyon. We were almost level with ruins. Don't let this fool you. There is still a lot of ups and downs to get to the other side of the canyon. From this point on, the trail opened up and there was a lot less overgrowth blocking the way. We made it to the old mine and the first set of ruins. It was odd seeing an old mine right next to three ruins. We continued on and made it to the waterfalls. The falls were flowing very heavy. I though the Pueblo Canyon falls are more impressive than the Reavis falls. Shortly after that we made it to the first set of ruins. I thought it was interesting that these ruins had back walls. A lot of the other ruins I've seen, there is no back wall, the mountain side made up the back wall. We took lunch and then traveled to the other two main grouping of ruins. It was impressive seeing the quantity of ruins in one location. We started back. Going back was a lot easier than going in. We were traveling in the direction of the overgrowth and that made the return trip so much easier. About 90% of our time in the Pueblo was in shade.
It was two contrasting ruins sites in one hike. The Cold Spring Canyon ruins was a single very intact ruins while the Pueblo Canyon had numerous dwelling in various degrees of completeness. |
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"Everywhere is walking distance...If you have the time"
-Stephen Wright |
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