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Aug 17 2024

ShatteredArm

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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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May 30 2021

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

Car Camping		May 30 2021
		FOTG • Triplogs 1,052

Car Camping

Car Camping		2 Days

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We spent some time around the Pueblo Park area during our four day trip to the Blue Range this past weekend. The area is a little warm this time of year for our dogs, but we were still able to knock out some short hikes and an early morning off trail excursion to a set of ruins I had been wondering about since my first visit to this area in 2015. The ruins ended up being pretty amazing and we were able to get up to them and back with the dogs before the heat set in. Although, getting to them required trusting a semi suspect hanging ladder that added a little more spice to the ruin hunt than anticipated. After checking out the ruins, we headed back up for higher country and hiked a mile in on Hinkle Park Trail #36. The trail is not on HAZ, but it was on my Blue Range map. The first mile was promising. I would like to get back to hike more of this trail. We also made an attempt at reaching the Saddle Mountain Lookout, but the gate was closed about a mile, or so from the summit and I was tired of walking.

I am starting to really like this area, it offers some great opportunities for some off the beaten path exploration. In fact, I have a lot of things I want to do in this area after this weekend and I would not be surprised if I end up out here again before the end of the summer.

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[ checklist ] Risky

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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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Pueblo Creek

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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