Tumacacori Chiltepins Photoset • rwstorm • 2021-10-08 • HikeArizona.COM

Tumacacori Chiltepins, AZ

	2021-10-08
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Tumacacori Chiltepins, AZ

Hiking	2.00 Miles	400 AEG

Hiking	2.00 Miles
	400 ft AEG

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I decided to go back to the area I scoped out in January that looked like it might be promising to find one of the elusive wild chiltepin pepper plants. In January everything was dormant, so I figured going now still in the growing season I might have better luck spotting one. I wasn't going to hike very far, so I wasn't worried about being out in the midday sun. Still, it was pretty warm, and due to the insane amount of plant growth thanks to our really rainy summer, the route finding was slow going. Very tough bushwhacking conditions out there right now, with the heavy growth hiding all the nasty stuff down low, and plenty of catclaw, etc. to battle through. After getting pretty bloodied up I made it to the area I wanted to search some. Didn't find anything and I was getting pretty warm, so I sought out some shade (pretty limited out there) to take a break and drink some water. I realized I was likely going to be skunked again in my search, as I needed to head back. I was sort of disappointed, but then I looked around before leaving and suddenly there was what I was looking for! Wow, what a lucky break.

Gathered some of the peppers and headed back to the truck. Got bloodied up even more on the return, but I got what I came for, and now don't have to go back down there again. Yay!

Stopped at Wisdom's DOS in Tubac for some food and drink to celebrate my good fortune in the chile quest.

By the way, DOS is closing down in December, with the staff and operation moving back to the original Wisdom's in Tumacacori, where it will be consolidated with additional space. I actually was kind of surprised to find out about the move, since they have been expanding the operation in Tubac in recent years.

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[ checklist ] Chiltepín

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[ checklist ] Tumacacori Peak

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