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Aug 17 2024

ShatteredArm

Guides 12
Routes 192
Photos 863
Triplogs 356

42 male

Joined Nov 30 2015
Phoenix, AZ

Pueblo Creek / Dangerous Park, NM

Hiking		Aug 17 2024
		ShatteredArm • Triplogs 356

Hiking	12.52 Miles	1,591 AEG

Hiking	12.52 Miles	4 Hrs 53 Mns	2.65 mph
	1,591 ft AEG	10 Mns Break

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Pueblo Creek

Pueblo Park

Camp Canyon Trail #36

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Been wanting to check out some of the trails on the north side of Pueblo Park for awhile, and it seemed like a good day to do it. Got to the TH at around 9am, and found that my devices don't actually have the Dangerous Park #515 trail for some strange reason. I assumed there would be a sign, but I couldn't find one, and just followed the fenceline up the creek, then found a path down into the creek. Stumbled on the interpretive loop, but still couldn't find the trail. Decided to just head up the creek a ways since it was pretty, thinking Dangerous Park was a bust. About 1.3 miles from the TH, the canyon narrowed, and upstream progress looked difficult without leaving the canyon. So I headed back. Shortly after heading back, I actually ran into a hiker, which was unexpected.

Right before I got back to the TH I found a trail sign... Dangerous Park Trail #515. And an obvious path. About 100 feet from my Jeep, not sure how I missed it. (When I finished the outing, at the gate there was an obvious line of cairns leading right to the sign, and I missed it somehow.) So it was back on.

The actual Dangerous Park trail was easy to follow and apparently well-maintained. Steady climb for the first 3.5 miles to the Camp Canyon junction, with some nice views of the Pueblo Canyon area, Tige Rim, Bonanza Bill Point, etc. I decided I'd head to Dangerous Park and check it out, before heading down Camp Canyon trail. Dangerous Park was pleasant, and seemed perfectly safe to me. Looks like the trail has been rerouted and the junction with Cottonwood Trail moved, so it could be confusing until the apparent project is completed.

Back to Camp Canyon... This trail was much more difficult to follow and obviously not maintained. It more or less followed the fenceline until a small saddle, where it begins contouring around the end of the ridge. The tread was apparent in most places, with one really washed out section that requires some caution. 200 feet or so from the bottom of the canyon, I lost the trail, and just headed straight down.

Headed upstream for about 2 miles, until the creek dried up and I decided to top off my water and head back down. Farther upstream was more idyllic and far less cow-poopy.

On the way back down, I decided to just stay in the creek rather than trying to follow Camp Canyon again. Figured there would be a way through since there were cattle near the Camp Canyon junction. There's actually trail a lot of the way that didn't just seem like cattle paths, and before I knew it, I was just above where I had turned around earlier. Found a bypass on the left side of the creek that put me back in the creek a couple hundred feet from where I had turned around.

Got back just as the storms were starting to fill in. This was a worthwhile area, and Pueblo Park was particularly nice.

	Buckskin Canyon	Pools to trickle	Pools to trickle
	Dry at Pueblo Creek, some water could be seen upstream from Camp Canyon trail.

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Jun 19 2021

ShatteredArm

Guides 12
Routes 192
Photos 863
Triplogs 356

42 male

Joined Nov 30 2015
Phoenix, AZ

Pueblo Creek and Tige Canyon, NM

Hiking		Jun 19 2021
		ShatteredArm • Triplogs 356

Hiking	10.40 Miles	860 AEG

Hiking	10.40 Miles	3 Hrs 27 Mns	3.01 mph
	860 ft AEG

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Pueblo Creek

Blue Range Wilderness Area Trails

WS Mountain Trail #43

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Originally planned on doing something south of Hannagan, but a sign along the road said 191 was closed, and we didn't want to risk it (I think in retrospect that was probably put up because of the Bear fire even further south). So I decided to check out the other side of the mountains instead. Got to Pueblo Park around 10am and headed down the wash.

Pretty hot, but there was occasional shade, and the creek was intermittently flowing. Flow was pretty consistent starting at the Tige Canyon confluence. Here we decided to head up the Tige Canyon Trail, thinking there must have been a reason for it to exist. Tige Canyon Trail is not as well-maintained, but it's still pretty easy going and the path actually becomes better defined a mile and a half or so in. No water in this canyon right now, but there was a really nice narrow section.

Went back down, explored downstream a bit, then started the trip back, during which we were treated with afternoon cloud cover.

Pretty area, but pretty severely impacted by cattle grazing.

	Pueblo Creek	Light flow	Light flow
	Intermittent flow starting at about a mile downstream from Pueblo Park, with more consistent flow at Tige Canyon.

	Tige Canyon	Dry	Dry
	Dry for the first mile and a half from the confluence.

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Jul 21 2015

FOTG

Guides 37
Routes 556
Photos 10,872
Triplogs 1,052

43 male

Joined Jan 21 2013
AZ

Pueblo Park

Southwest, NM

Pueblo Park

Southwest, NM

Hiking		Jul 21 2015
		FOTG • Triplogs 1,052

Hiking	6.78 Miles	523 AEG

Hiking	6.78 Miles
	523 ft AEG

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Blue Range Wilderness Area Trails

WS Mountain Trail #43

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After a short hike out from our over night trip, Blanco and I headed to Pueblo Park. I did not have any overly ambitious plans, but I did want to locate the starting point for WS Mountain Trail, a trail I may incorporate into an ambitious Pueblo Park to Hannagan Meadows trek next summer. Other than that, I really had no solid plans for our day at the "Park," just recover some wet gear and maybe knock out a few more miles before heading back up the rim.

I got a perfect two hour window to dry gear and then some heavy rain rolled in. If I had more established plans or a schedule to keep, I would have hiked through that rain. However, as it stood I had: nowhere to be, no real plans and a nice Xterra to sit in, so I opted for taking about a 1.5 hour rain delay before embarking on anything. Blanco certainly did not mind.

I stumbled across the Trail to the Past when I was looking for the Dangerous Park Trail, a trail that for some reasons I felt I had to see because of the name or something. As it turns out, the interpretive trail lured me in and then I was hooked! In very non FOTG fashion I ended up spending about an hour and a half on the very modest loop. I did locate the TH to Dangerous Park Trail, however, by that time it was more important to me to check out WS Mountain Trail #43.

I only hiked to the confluence with the West Fork of Pueblo Creek, but enjoyed the short section of trail I hiked. Heavy rains and some very apparent recent major flooding have obliterated a section of trail near the start, but its just a matter of picking up the large cairn on the other side of the stream. The section of trail I did was generally well maintained and easy to follow. The creek was very high when I was there and nearly all the crossing were above boot height. The area is prone to flash flooding and that did weigh on my mind at times, as did the dark clouds overhead. That section of trail certainly lived up to the canyon's name it traveled through, Dangerous Park Canyon.

Dangerous Park Canyon

Medium flow

Pueblo Park Spring

Gallon + per minute

West Fork Pueblo Creek

Medium flow

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May 31 2014

Sarae

Guides 1
Routes 11
Photos 691
Triplogs 94

45 female

Joined May 14 2008
Tucson, AZ

Pueblo Creek

Southwest, NM

Pueblo Creek

Southwest, NM

Backpack		May 31 2014
		Sarae • Triplogs 94

Backpack	8.50 Miles	1,083 AEG

Backpack	8.50 Miles	2 Days
	1,083 ft AEG

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Exploring another area of the Blue Range. Tyler and I enjoyed this quick, easy trip. WS Mountain trail starts at Pueblo Park, follows Pueblo Creek into the wilderness, and continues on past the confluence where we stopped. The temps were a bit warm, so I'd think April/early May or Fall would be better. The hiking was easy, and the several water crossings we passed were dry at this time. Water showed up in pools occasionally along the trail and was running where we camped. Pueblo Park Campground was completely deserted, but it looks like a really nice basecamp. The hike we did could definitely be done as a dayhike. Two trucks of Forest Service firefighters did stop and chat with us as we were getting ready at the trailhead. They asked if we'd seen anyone else, how long we were planning to be out, and if we knew about the fire restrictions, then went on their way.

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[ checklist ] Deers Ears

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[ checklist ] Banded Alder Borer Beetle Greater Short-Horned Lizard

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