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Courtney Mine Trail #132 - 1 member in 3 triplogs has rated this an average 2 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Jul 12 2015
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75 male
 Joined Nov 05 2008
 Cloudcroft, NM
Courtney Mine Trail #132Southeast, NM
Courtney Mine Trail #132
Southeast, NM
Hiking avatar Jul 12 2015
imike • Triplogs 2,467
Hiking4.80 Miles 650 AEG
Hiking4.80 Miles
650 ft AEG
 no routes
1st trip
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Weather scared off all but one of the Beginners... oh, well.
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Aug 05 2014
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75 male
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 Cloudcroft, NM
Lost Trail - Lincoln NFSoutheast, NM
Lost Trail - Lincoln NF
Southeast, NM
Hiking avatar Aug 05 2014
imike • Triplogs 2,467
Hiking19.10 Miles 7,250 AEG
Hiking19.10 Miles
7,250 ft AEG
 no routes
Linked   6 linked trail guides
Ortega/Dry Canyon Traverse
Dry Canyon Trail #5574
West Side Rd... Forest Road 90
Courtney Mine Trail #132
Alamo Peak Loop
Mineral Springs Trail #5579
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I need to finish writing the trail descriptions for sections of this hike... then the linking could be completed! Bit muggy out... but a breeze did come up. I thought I would stay out longer but I did not pack enough fluids.

Nice severe hop step down a ledge to land on the side of my foot... immediate and acute sharp pain, but a few limp around steps and I was right back to striding. So odd that a kayaking injury over 25 years ago leaves me with un-sprainable ankles!

Just before the attack on my ankle, Spanish Dagger to my arm... and soon after: prickly pear jammed into my foot! Yet, mood was high... great day out. On a scale of 1 to 7,,, I'd give it a ten.

I intend shorter, easier days.. but I also intend to not miss days and yesterday was distracted... delayed,,, then denied.

Fun stuff,,,
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Apr 21 2014
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A Trail #119Southeast, NM
A Trail #119
Southeast, NM
Hiking avatar Apr 21 2014
imike • Triplogs 2,467
Hiking20.70 Miles 8,700 AEG
Hiking20.70 Miles
8,700 ft AEG
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Dry Canyon Trail #5574
Courtney Mine Trail #132
West Side Rd... Forest Road 90
Leah's Lair - the Fissure
A Trail Bluffs
Partners none no partners
Day was scheduled for a timed ascent to Ortega Peak... and a made an early start with every intention of getting back early to work projects.

But...

Once hiking, I felt more like going longer and higher; score some of the upper elevation cool. It also felt like one of those "first days of the rest of your life..." so I carried along a notebook to plot out and re-plan the coming months of training. That is pretty much how the day progressed. Clouds rolled in midday. I scored some up down laps off Karr Canyon road. Eventually, I came back down and turned up the Ortega Spur trail, then realized it really needed to be swept, so I went down to the tools and brought them up... and swept the entire lower slab rock area.

Looked as if I might make it back to the trailhead before 4pm but I ran into Joseph and Devon (local dentist?) running up the "A" trail. They asked me if I knew where the caves were... so, I hiked them up to the "A" Bluffs and then on to Leah's Lair. They seemed stoked!

I snapped pics of them doing both features then showed them the trail connections to the old Gold Mine and the connecting spur to Terri'a Cut...

Long day without food and just 60 oz of OJ... time to hydrate up and figure out what would make a nice cutting dinner.
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