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Jun 19 2021

ShatteredArm

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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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May 22 2020

RedwallNHops

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50 male

Joined Dec 22 2003
Tucson, AZ

Return to the Blue, AZ

Backpack		May 22 2020
		RedwallNHops • Triplogs 1,360

Backpack	40.96 Miles	8,876 AEG

Backpack	40.96 Miles	4 Days
	8,876 ft AEG

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Lanphier Trail #52

Largo Trail #51

WS Lake Trail #54

WS Mountain Trail #43

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I hadn't been to the Blue since right before the Wallow fire and thought it was time to get back. I had been on part of this trip before - I'd been to Bear Mtn and Bear Valley, but it had been at least 10 years.

Day 1. Lanphier to Largo to Telephone ridge up to the summit. Down to Bear Valley and we found a campsite at the edge of the meadow. Did a short day hike to the cool part of Little Blue
Day 2. Up to W.S mountain. dropped packs at WS Lake and hiked to Devil's monument. Interesting and worth the trip. Back to WS lake to pick up packs and made camp above Franz Spring.
Day 3. Hiked a waze out on the Tige rim close to point 7681 and back. Hiked up poing 8014 above cow flat on the way back to camp.
Day 4 out.

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Jul 21 2015

FOTG

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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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