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| Upper Frijolis Canyon Overlook Trail, NM | |
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Upper Frijolis Canyon Overlook Trail, NM
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| Hiking | 2.00 Miles |
144 AEG |
| | Hiking | 2.00 Miles | | | |
| 144 ft AEG | | | | |
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| no partners | | After brunch at the Campground, it was time to drive up a bit higher. It was getting warm and this National Monument's hiking opportunities are definitely not limited to the main entrance and park area. This Trail starts at the Cerre Grande TH along Hwy 4. Driving Hwy 4 is interesting from the main entrance on up. Sometimes the property is Bandelier, sometimes National Forest, sometimes Los Alamos Federal, and sometimes Valles Caldera National Preserve. You can have 1 agency on one side of the road and an entirely different agency or park on the other side. It's a beautiful drive through the Jemez Mountains for sure.
Hit the trail with cooler temps and with clouds starting to build overhead. By the time I finished it was sprinkling. Nice trail, but you could tell you were going through an old burn in parts. The Aspen were coming in nicely though. Nice views at the overlook and this trail is actually a double loop type trail, although the "official" trail doesn't show the northwest trail, just a lollipop. I got new views almost all the way back. Forgot to use RS, stats are from the NPS Trail List for Bandelier NM.
Ran into a nice Elk on the way back down the hill afterwards, along with some nice views. |
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| Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty & well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, totally worn out & proclaiming, "Wow What a Ride!" |
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