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| Hiking | 5.30 Miles |
1,102 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.30 Miles | 3 Hrs 18 Mns | | 1.64 mph |
| 1,102 ft AEG | 4 Mns Break | 20 LBS Pack | | |
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| partners | | On our trip back to Lubbock we stayed in Las Cruces to hike a couple of trails in the Organ Mountains. The first hike was the Bar Canyon Loop Trail on the west side of the Organ Mountains. We hiked it in the CCW direction and took some side treks up toward the Fort Bliss Boundary in Soledad Canyon and Chimney Rock overlook. Also took a side trip up Bar Canyon to a spring.
The Bar Canyon Trail is a combination of old roads and actual trails. There are a lot of side trails and what I call alternate routes along this loop allowing for a little exploration. We did one side trip up to Soledad Pass to the boundary of Fort Bliss and the overlook of Chimney Rock. The other side trip was up Bar Canyon to a spring and what looks like a dam. A little water flow here. The trail/route ends here. We returned to the Bar Canyon Loop and our start point.
This is a short 3 mile loop and with the side trips made for a 5 mile hike, good way to spend the afternoon after the drive from Tucson. This is a fairly heavily used trail especially up to the spring at the end of Bar Canyon. Good view to the west over Las Cruces. |
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