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Salt Creek Wilderness HP, NM
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| Hiking | 5.82 Miles |
364 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.82 Miles | 2 Hrs | | 3.09 mph |
| 364 ft AEG | 7 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | This was a hike to the high point of the Salt Creek Wilderness (elevation of 3,690 feet and prominence of 80 feet). This wilderness area is about 10-12 miles outside of Roswell.
I drove in on good roads and parked just before a dip in the road, about 1,000 feet from the wilderness boundary. There was a wire crumple gate at the wilderness boundary that was chained and padlocked on both sides of the gate. Thankfully, I was able to step over one of the chains instead of having to crawl underneath a fence.
The entire hike was on a well graded dirt road with recent tire tracks on it, which is not what I expected to see in a wilderness area. The road went all the way to summit, which was marked by a cairn about 10 feet off the road.
This was a pleasant hike through Chihuahuan desert scrub land. The highpoint was on top of a small mesa, and it had some expansive views of the area, including that of snow capped Sierra Blanca Peak off to the west.
This was a pleasant easy hike, and I was happy to not encounter any reptilian hybrids or get abducted by aliens while I was there! |
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| Civilization is a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there |
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