Organ Needle 9012 Photoset • Jim • 2013-03-24 • HikeArizona.COM

Organ Needle 9012, NM

	2013-03-24
	10 by Jim

Organ Needle 9012

Southwest, NM

Organ Needle 9012

Southwest, NM

Hiking	7.80 Miles	4,150 AEG

Hiking	7.80 Miles	5 Hrs 30 Mns	1.42 mph
	4,150 ft AEG

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Another Las Cruces hiking group hike to the Needle. After the cold front I was hoping for clear calm conditions. It was cold and more like January than almost April, and calm, but some dust remained suspended in the atmosphere and distance views were very limited. The Sacramento Mountains were barely visible.

It was still a pretty good hike in the Organs, but this is a very steep and loose trail. We took a trail from Juniper Saddle to Filmore Canyon, instead of going down one of the steeper sections. It was better that way. Up is hard, down is close to skiing in dirt. I don't expect to not go over to the Organ Mountains, but until rain comes in I will probably not hike this very often.

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