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| | Hiking | 5.60 Miles | 3 Hrs | | 1.92 mph |
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| no partners | | Though the plan is still to summit Blanca on Friday, I wanted to hike a "high elevation" hike on the Sacramento Mountain Plateau before it either gets too cold, too snow covered, or I lost interest. This is a cute hike, but not spectacular and the drive makes it something to do infrequently. It reminded me a lot of Mormon MT, but with a Bill Williams feel, and a hint of the Lowell Observatory. Curious thing, the forest of the area once had a lot more pine in it, but with cutting and the appearance of the stumps and fallen trees, today they are almost completely replaced by Douglas Fir or lower elevation oak and juniper. Just a little to the east on the highway, white fir mingles in, and as you lose elevation you pick up more pine, but it isn't common on the Sacramento's western high ridge. Barely any are reproducing, too.
The appearance of the profile was as I remember Mike's image from his Gobbler Knob hike, and so I can say that you can see Guadalupe Peak (Texas High Point) on this hike, and I got an image of it. Mike has big plans for that hike, but I have no plans to head over and do something I have done a few times before when there are so many thing to explore in south central New Mexico. |
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