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| Hiking | 5.88 Miles |
2,072 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.88 Miles | 6 Hrs 1 Min | | 1.28 mph |
| 2,072 ft AEG | 1 Hour 25 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I have been wanting to hike to Robledo Mountain (elevation of 5,882 feet and prominence of 1,408 feet) for 3-4 years, and I finally was able to do the hike. Robledo Mountain is just northwest of Las Cruces, and it is the high point of the Robledo Mountains Wilderness Area.
From my parking spot, the first thing that I had to do was ford the Rio Grande River, which turned out to be fairly painless. While B or L would likely have just plunged across the river, I poked around a little bit to find a good place to cross. I did better on the return and found a place where the river was about 8 feet wide and 1-2 inches deep.
After crossing the river I had to do some light bushwhacking as I made my way to Leasburg Slot Canyon, which I took for about a mile. This was a cool slot canyon -- at places it was only 5-6 feet wide with walls that were 30+ feet high. I really enjoyed the canyon, and once I got to the end of it I found a chute to climb out of the canyon. The chute was class 2+ at the upper part of it, but I made it out without too much trouble.
Once I was out of the slot canyon, I was only about a mile from the summit. I didn't have any beta beyond this point, but just followed a route that I had drawn up in route cloud. It went pretty well, although there was a bit of scrambling involved. Once I got near the summit, I could have made a class 3 climb, but is was a bit more airy than what I was looking for, especially on a windy day. I spent a bit of time hiking under some cliff bands to find a fairly protected way to get up to the summit.
There were great views at the summit, so I took a well-deserved break up there. I returned the way that I came up. On the descent in the chute getting back into Leasburg Slot, I took my backpack off and lowered it down with a paracord. Then I used the five points of contact technique to get down the chute.
This turned out to be a fun hike that was interesting and challenging. I would like to do this one again sometime! |
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