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12 by photographer avatarJim
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Ortega PeakSoutheast, NM
Southeast, NM
Hiking8.00 Miles 3,100 AEG
Hiking8.00 Miles   4 Hrs   50 Mns   1.66 mph
3,100 ft AEG
 
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My first hike in Alamogordo. I like the steep trail and hardly noticed it while going up, but felt it coming down. The desert is "lush" on the slopes, but turns into a pretty drought stressed pinyon juniper woodland, with a lot of dead pinyon. I went past Ortega, before I realized I had, and turned back. I ended up going up the west slope and down the south. It looks like Mike is the only person to go up Ortega, as the there is no clear route off trail 119. The Sacramento Mountains make me want to go to the Organ Mountains.
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[ checklist ]  Sierra Blanca Peak
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