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| Hiking | 6.00 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 6.00 Miles | 2 Hrs 40 Mns | | 2.34 mph |
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| partners | | second hike of the day and the best hike of the trip
took a break after penasco blanco
this one started at the same trailhead
down to kin kletso again (shown as yellow house on the haz map)
then up a narrow break in the rock - neat passageway
up high on the mesa now, the trail goes to an overlook for pueblo bonita
nice perspective on this large ruin
backtracking to where the loop splits, we went clockwise to hit both pueblo alto and new alto
both were impressive great houses
there is a section through grasslands on singletrack heading east but much of the trail is on slickrock 
curving south, the jackson stairway comes into view
we decided we would not be interested in trying that 
now entirely on slickrock, eventually heading back west
a few ups and downs and some fun little scrambles to negotiate
great views below, this time of chetro ketl ruin and of the entire chaco canyon to the south
closed the loop and dropped through the passageway
highly recommend this hike
it has everything but petroglyphs
nice to see that johnr1 had done this loop
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