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Atascosa Peak.
This is one of my favorite hikes. Lots of different ways to get to the peak without going to the lookout first. (3 months since last trek up there.) Hoping to get back to the arch next weekend or the next.
It’s interesting to compare the times and distance from the first time back in 2018.
This was a fast trip with K. Didn’t feel rushed and rested plenty of times. Poked around the different ledges and overlooks.
7 hours – 38 minutes round trip
1 hour 40 minutes rest
This route is about 1 mile shorter than going to the Lookout first. BUT there is no trail and its crazy steep.
Took a gallon of water. Came back with less that a quart. Cache of water from last trip is still there.

7:58 – Left Truck at trailhead
8:11 – gate
8:40 – first lookout
8:54 – Washout below red rock strata- They’ve done a really nice job repairing the trail here.
9:13 – Window and rest for 20 minutes – (hour and 15 minutes to here. Pretty fast 2 miles.)
9:54 – Saddle above Atascosa Saddle
11:10 - peak = (3 hours and 12 minutes from trailhead to peak.)
12:37 Left peak
1:36 – South End of Saddle
2:22 – Window
2:25 – back on trail
3:40 – Back at truck

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Dec 29 2023

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Atascosa 12-29-23

When we started the temperature was 39 degrees and it was windy. Found an old towel in the truck and ripped it in half so we could have a scarf. The first 20 minutes of the trail had been improved a lot. It’s wider and cleaned up with some erosion control and steps. Whoever is improving the trail… THANK YOU!

We left the trail at the window and took the migrant path to the East and stayed at the base of the cliffs all the way around. We did this so we wouldn’t have to go all the way to the Lookout and make the climb up and down and up and down to the Saddle. The trail to the East is just about gone now. Just stay at the same elevation as you head East and then North until Atascosa Peak is in full view. There is a very sharp ridge here. To the East there is a small saddle with a good place to take a nap. I couldn’t find signs of an old Coyote camp from the last time I went this way.

The goal from this point was to then hike up the sharp ridge then head diagonal to the West until we were on top of the cliffs that are the same elevation as the saddle. The number of downed trees made this way difficult to get on top. Once on top though it’s a straight shot to the S end of the saddle.

The saddle has a lot of cairns that people have left over the years. There are a lot of downed trees in areas that make following the cairns closely difficult.
We opted to not take the final cliff and go the safe way to the W.
Rested at the top for a while and headed back sooner that we wanted but I didn’t want to come down this one in the dark again.

At the S end of the Saddle we headed toward a shallow Saddle to the E. This shaved at least an hour off the trip back and took us past some small caves and balanced rocks. This way is steep with lots of ledges, cliffs and rocks. There is an abundance of catclaw. Angry catclaw, filled with resentment and regret. It comes and goes and there is no way to avoid it.
We rested below the window and picked up some stashed water and went on our way.
The sun was setting right as we made the gate making for colorful views to the West
I’ll probably head back in March.
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8:25 – Started on Trailhead
8:37 Gate - 12
9:13 – Overlook 48
9:27 First Saddle 62
9:36 – washout 71
10:03 – Window 108 – rested in shade 20 min
10:23 Left Trail 100 and took migrant trail to E and headed N skirting along cliffs
10:57 reached ridge and headed up to same elevation as Saddle. 142
11:55 reached S end of saddle 200 headed N across saddle
1:00 square hole – We avoided the final cliff and headed up the safe way through the trees 245
1:13 – Peak! 258 ttl minutes 4 hours and 18 minutes hiking time - -ttl time to peak 4 hours 38 min.
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1:55 headed down. Short nap. Read the register. Enjoyed the view. Light, high clouds. Clear 360 degree view. Was at Butte 4833 a few weeks ago. It looks small from the peak.
2:27 - back down on the N end of the Saddle. Left two bottles of water here to lighten packs. Glad they were still here. 32
2: 50--S end of the Saddle. Headed up diagonally to the small Saddle to the East. 45
2:58 Reached saddle and rested a bit before heading down the STEEP catclaw farmland down to the Window. 53
3:41 – window 96
3:45 Trail 100—100 minutes – rested here
4:02 headed back on trail
4:22 at the washed out part of trail below Red strata 120
4:29 back at first saddle 127
4:36 – at overlook 142
5:18 back at gate 184
5:38 back at trailhead 204 minutes 3 hours 24 minutes

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Mar 14 2023

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		HikerWill • Triplogs 173

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Atascosa trail #100
44 degrees at 8:00 am.
Breezy – chilly in the shade.
3 quarts of water – came back with one pint
Light breeze all day. Buzzed by three jets.
Woke myself up snoring while napping at the top.
It’s been two years since my last venture to the peak. I missed this hike but it was nice to see the area with fresh view.

8:04 – Started on trail #100
8:15 – Gate
8:44 – first overlook – about 10 min slower than two years ago
9:02 – Saddle – About 14 min behind – Trail has more level spots after this.
9:23 – Hairpin at Window – shortest time to this point was 55 minutes. Average time here is about an hour and five minutes. An hour and 19 minutes this trip.
Buried a pint of half frozen water here.
9:43 after a 20 minute break I decided to go off trail and head straight up the hillside to the saddle overlooking the long saddle between the lookout and the peak.
From here to the South end of the Saddle is less than 1000 feet.
This knocks off almost a mile of distance and some pretty hefty elevation gain.
10:01 – It took a little more than 15 minutes to climb the 500 feet to the small saddle.
10:03 – after a brief rest I headed NW down to the SW end of the saddle.
10:07 – 4:00 feet covered in less than 5 minutes.
10:27 – Took a break under the shade of the pines as the Saddle begins to rise.
There are a lot of downed trees along the way but there is still many opportunities for shade.
10:42 – left the shade and continued – While here I watched another Black Jet fly to the South. It looked like it was below the elevation of the lookout.
11:03 base of cliff
11:15 – At the cairn at the peak.
12:11 – After a short nap and a third fly by I headed back down.
12:57 – Rested at the same spot as 10:27
1:08 – Continued down and across the saddle.
1:29 – Reached same point as at 10:07 and rest here.
1:44 – Continued up to saddle above window.
1:48 – Reached saddle in about 5 minutes.
2:10 -Reached the window. It looks like it is falling apart. There were a lot more pieces laying around that have fallen from the ceiling. It’s a good place for shade.
2:15 – Back on the trail at the hairpin – (9:23) – Rested here and retrieved my cached water which was about half thawed.
2:41 – Left Hairpin
3:04 – Saddle (9:02)
3:09 – overlook (8:44)
3:13 – Clouds went away. I got hot and took advantage of some shade.
3:57 – Onward and downward – Clouds came back and it got chilly
4:21 – Gate
4:18 – Trailhead

Some of the breaks I took were genuinely needed. Others were for the view.
I started down the backside of the peak after my nap but I’ve been there before so this time I checked out the West side of the peak. Down as far as the cliffs would allow.
If I read the register correctly someone “Landed” at the top. Couple a helicopter land there? It’s reasonable level.
It looks like none of the clothes, bottles and trash are newer than 2 years ago.
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There are more cairns that I remember. I knock mine down on the return trip of about any hike. The problem, now, across the saddle and up through the cliffs is that there are too many to make sense of.

Nov 19 2022

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Myself, Brian, and Mike hiked both the old lookout hill and the official Peak of the same name. The trail is fine, but there is a lot of catclaw. Past the lookout foundation, the route is fairly good, though there is a good deal of catclaw right at the beginning. Once out a way that is gone.

For some reason I thought a lot of people came down here to hike this, but I see I was wrong. It seems like only 1 person makes repeated trips to this area to hike. It is a nice hike, but seems like the drive wouldn't be worth it, alone. Great views, but really far to go to get them.

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		Mike_W • Triplogs 528

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Did this nice hike with Brian and Jim on a day where the high temp was supposed to be 61. It was roughly 2.6 miles to the top of the lookout and took us about 1.5 hours to reach this location. At the top were some antennas, solar panels, and a survey marker from 1935. We met an older couple from Colorado who were in their 80s and they made it all the way to the lookout and back, which ended up being roughly 5 miles roundtrip. We were impressed that they could still hike very well into their 80s. Probably very few people their age would have made it up there. But, proof that it can be done with the right conditioning. Although the trail did not appear to be maintained, it was fairly easy to follow from the trailhead to the top of the lookout.

After lunch, Brian, Jim and I headed North/Northeast down the steep rocky ridge from the Atascosa lookout. We needed to take the first section slow because it was quite steep. After we got to lower ground, the hike became easier. We saw some cairns and were able to follow the ridgeline North to Atascosa peak. Some light rock climbing was necessary to get to the top. There were a few places where we lost the cairns but after a few minutes of looking around we were able to find the best route. At the peak, there was a large rock pile with an ammo box containing a registry. We also saw hundreds of ladybugs on some tall grass right at the peak. There were some nice views all around as this seemed to be the highest point in the area.

Several years back, Brian and I hiked to the Ramanote Natural Arch which was quite memorable. We realized that it wasn't too far from where we were. We thought we saw the natural arch from the top, but were not sure. Someday soon, we will plan on hiking to Ramanote peak which was visible to the Northeast.

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Atascosa Peak
I know. I know. I know. I just did this one a few weeks ago.
Next time I go I'm going to check out the West side of the mtn.

6:41 - On the trailhead – 42 degrees
6:52 – Gate
7:16 – First Overlook – Didn’t stop here and rest because the saddle is only 5 minutes away.
7:21 Big Saddle – stashed some water here.
7:43 – rested at the window.
7:50 – left Window
8:10 – Saddle above window
8:16 - cairn at beginning of the saddle between the lookout and the peak. – rested and stashed some water here.
Phone died.
12:37 – back at the truck

Today I wanted to check out two balanced rocks from my previous trip. When I left the house this morning it was 37 degrees. I decided to take advantage of the cool temp and jog some of the trail. No minutes later I decided to just walk.
Managed to find one balanced rock but the other is hiding. I first saw it in a photo and on the way today I could see if from the saddle above the Window but I lost it on the Atascosa saddle.
There has been some recent activity here. Newer Shoes. Lots of Pedialyte bottles.
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There was this really cool overlook I wanted to check out but….. BEES. I have Beedar.
I stood totally still and listened and looked until I could see the hole they were going in and out of.

For today I saw enough and didn’t get stung.
No clouds - No breeze - no water in the tank.

The window has been a Race against myself every time I could up here. This time 62 minutes. I’ll take that. I think last time it took and hour and 20. Fastest time is 55 minutes. Part of doing this hike today was possibly because I was worried that I'm slowing down as I get old(er).

I believe the window is the 2 mile mark.
Needed a fast challenging hike today. This fit the bill.

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Headed to Atascosa Peak today.
Got started 2 hours later than I wanted, up too late the night before.
AND!!!!!
I found a way to the peak that has zero exposure so if you are afraid of scaling the scary cliff near the end read on!
The first time I went up here I had no trouble going up. Climbing back down was worrisome.

I like this hike because there are so many interesting rock features. Some are hidden away, and people pass right by without knowing. I’ll also give directions to the Atascosa Window.

Another time I’ll work on distance but for now all I have are times between features.
9:21 – On the trail
9:32 – At the gate
10:01 – First overlook
10:07 – First saddle. – rested here for about 5 minutes and stashed a bottle of water.
10:37 – Window – Leave the trail here and Go straight up the hill. It’s steep and slippery in places but knocks off about a half a mile of distance one way.
11:14 – Second Saddle – UP above the window.
11:18 – Beginning of saddle above – I love this part of the hike. No trail. Lots of rock hopping
11:40 – North End of Saddle near the cliff
12:17 – Peak! Nap and lunch – about 3 hours to this point in the day.
1:05 – headed back down. I took my time and explored along the cliffs.
1:29 – square hole – You have to go about 15 out of your way and its hidden pretty good. about 6x10
inches. NO. I didn’t look inside.
1:30 – edged around the Square hole and found a small camp.
AND! A safer way to the top.
1:34 Above the scary cliff again.
2:29 Back on the North end of the saddle
2:48 Back to the South side of the saddle
3:01 Saddle above the window
3:15 In the window.
3:19 Back on the trail
3:35 Washed out part of the trail. The washout is white rock and there is a red strata above it. This wash also leads to two breaks in the cliffs that lead to the South end of Atascosa. The South end is the first thing you see when you get to the gate.
4:01 – back at the overlook
4:31 – back at the gate
4:50 – back at the truck
Total time = 7 hours and 29 minutes.
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Someone signed the register and said they “landed” there . Helicopter? I guess there is enough room and its pretty flat with no brush.
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About an hour was used up between naps and rests.
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Now, The window and the safer way up.
I’ll put a picture of the landmark that shows where the window is. You can’t see it from the trail.
It’s at about the 2 mile mark and here is the first switchback leading to the lookout. There is a tall rock column above this switchback and there is also a faint trail to the right. From this trail is where I first saw the Window.
The switchback takes you into the tree line in about 20 feet. Go another 50 feet and head up the hill. It is easier to scramble above the window in elevation and work your way over and down than to go straight up at the hairpin.

The path from the trailhead to here is in better shape that last year. All of the downed trees across the trail are gone. You could wear shorts all the way to the lookout and not get scratched.
BUT
Taking a short cut up the hill beside the window is a different story.
If you head up the hill along the cliff that the window is in, you will pass a couple of pretty good sized cave/alcoves.
You can tell when you are near the saddle because there are a lot of dead trees. It looks like lightening has worked it over pretty good. There are a couple of places that you have to use a stick to get back the catclaw. Its minimal.
From this saddle you can see the beginning of the BIG saddle that takes you across to the Peak.
I did a lot exploring this time. It was cool and breezy so I knew My water supply was adequate.
NOW,
The easier safer way up…

If you stand below the cliff you will see some greenery to the left.
Follow the trees. There is no exposure, and the rock is grippy. Shade!
Keep looking to the right and start heading up when you see the ridgeline.
It’s the same distance up from here as it would be up the cliff and
You will come out right by the cairn at the top of the cliff. – Before the cairn was put up, I had trouble finding my way down.
There are cairns that lead to the top be heading around to the East. I followed them this time.
Usually, I just make a beeline to the peak.
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I found this way up on the way down. The last time I was up there I wanted to check it out but there were bees. (the “B” word thing again) This time I came down the cliff and then decided to explore the area. Went to the top the new way and came back down the same.
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Took the path back to the truck and was feeling it the last half hour.
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Atascosa tank was empty. There have been times it was full and the trail was like a small stream.

A very good way to spend a Saturday. Didn’t see anyone the whole day.

Jan 25 2020

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The Atascosa Lookout and Atascosa Peak have been on my radar screen for a while, so I decided to head south and hike up to both of them today.

We took the Atascosa Lookout Trail up to the old Lookout, which was destroyed by the Murphy Fire in 2011. We gained about 1,500 feet in elevation over 2.5 miles in getting to the lookout, and you will get a good workout on the climb. There were great views on top of the lookout, and it was fun being up there.

There is no trail going from the Lookout to the Peak, and we headed off to the NE to descend down from the Lookout. This was a bit steep and slippery in the early going, but it wasn't long until the terrain leveled off a bit. It was pretty finding a route over to the peak, although we had to do some rock scrambling along the way. There was a bit of easy class 3 climbing to get up to the Peak -- just enough to make for a fun climb! There were more awesome 360 degree views on top of the Peak.

We mostly went back toward the Lookout the way we came, but this time when we skirted the west side of the Lookout and hit the Lookout Trail not too far below the top of the Lookout. If I do this hike again, I'll take this route on the west side of the Lookout in heading over toward the Peak.

This hike was a lot of fun, and it is one that I would enjoy doing again someday.

The dirt road that the TH is one is pretty well graded(the Border Patrol keeps it in decent shape), and most any car can make it; however, you'll enjoy having a bit of clearance.

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I know this hike is way off the radar for most people because of the drive, but it's really quite easy to get there. Once on the I-10/I-19 south, you only have to make one turn (onto Ruby Rd) to reach the trailhead.

The hike to the lookout is fairly straight forward, but getting to the peak is when the fun begins (besides the 100 yards of hell leaving the main trail). The mile of off-trail from the lookout to Atacosa Peak was pretty fun, and navigating through the boulders and srambling up to the summit made it a bit of an adventure.

I was the only one out there today, start to finish, not a single person. So if solitude is your thing, you'll enjoy it.

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Haircut time again so I hit this one on the way down. I had a little extra time so I did the Peak as well as the lookout. The area is super green at the moment. Trail was easy to follow and no rough encounters with the Border Patrol.

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Today I joined a great group of folks from the TLC Hiking meetup group to Atascosa Lookout and Atascosa Peak. I’d been to the Lookout twice before, [which I mistakenly assumed was the same as Atascosa Peak]. As I emphasized in the Description, it’s not! This time, I finally got the peak.

The views are absolutely are awesome, and in writing the description, I did my best to estimate the time it would take to complete the hike and still enough the views. Unless you hike on the fast side, [and/or don’t usually take much time to soak in views], then I highly recommend ignoring my stats of 3.5 hrs RT or you will be sorely disappointed. While it was very nice to hike with a group/friends, the pace tends to be very fast… and enjoying a summit for more than 15-20 minutes would be an EXTREMELY long amount of time. For a summit as beautiful as Atascosa Peak, 45-60 minutes would be most ideal; and if you’ve never been to the Atascosa Lookout Tower, then you’ll definitely want to take more than a mere 2 minute stop, like I did today.

Having been there twice before, the brief pause at the Lookout Tower didn’t bother me. However, to say it was extremely frustrating and disappointing to have just 15-20 minutes to enjoy the beautiful summit of Atascosa Peak would be an understatement… and I left the summit 5-10 minutes after the others in my group! Not even the AWESOME bouldering hopping off the summit and back across the sweet ridgeline could cheer me up… but I found something that did…

As I neared the edge of the ridgeline and was preparing for one final ascent back up to the Lookout Tower, my eye caught site of a small saddle to the left of the Lookout Tower, almost straight ahead. I was in a bad enough mood from not having been able to fully enjoy such a beautiful summit that I made a split second decision the moment I set eyes on that saddle: screw the steep scramble back up to the Lookout Tower; and screw having to continue busting butt at breakneck speed, [so as not to hold up the people that rode with me]…

…when I could stroll up the very gradual slope to that saddle and then bushwhack pretty much straight ahead, contouring the peak with the Lookout Tower, cutting off a good portion of trail that I had no interest in doing, AND not having to go at breakneck speed to catch up with the group. I took a quick glance at my ascent track, which confirmed that my sense of direction was spot on.

It was definitely a gamble… while the terrain had been very generous, there were some cliffy sections… but I was in a bad enough mood to risk cliffing out and potentially having to backtrack. To my pleasant surprise, the going was actually very fast, and the shortcut was pretty sweet! There was even a faint route leading to the saddle, which continued for a short ways after… [and it proved extremely helpful in allowing me to completely circumvent what would have been a hellacious bushwhack through a large, thick patch of catclaw].

There was one dicey moment where I had to maneuver off a boulder with a large drop that lacked decent foot-/hand-holds. Under normal conditions, it would’ve been a non-issue; however, there were still several areas with snow/ice, and most of the few foot-/hand-holds on this boulder were covered in ice. With above average bouldering skills, [and below average ability when it comes to negotiating loose or slippery footing], I threw the ‘three points of contact’ rule out the window and continued on my merry way. Aside from that one spot, the going was really smooth!

Given the lead that the group had on me, [and the fact that they are typically much faster downhill hikers], I was very surprised to have made it back to the TH a full 14 minutes before the next person, and a full 20 minutes before the leader/main pack.

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I was making my way to Nogales for a haircut and some supplies. After Picacho I decided to hit up the good ole Atascosa Lookout trail. Nothing has changed up top with the rebuilding of the former lookout. As mentioned in a previous triplog a small section of the trail has been washed out but nothing to worry about.

Once up top I decided to extend my adventure and go over to Atascosa Peak proper. From the Lookout you just continue on down the north side of the ridge and then work your way across. There is a light use trail and occasional cairns along the way. I don't imagine it gets as much traffic as the Lookout site. Oddly enough there was a guy hiking down the trail as I was heading up today. Based on the footprints in the snow it would appear he went over to the peak as well.

Once on top of the peak I could see for miles in every direction. Down at the base of the mountain was a border patrol truck with an eye on me. I took his picture and waved. Shortly thereafter he turned the truck around and left. Along my travels up there I did see some clothing articles, a hat, some shoes and some water bottles. It appears the illegal's had some extra luggage.

I went back down the same way I came up.

As a side note Ruby Road (the dirt road to get to this hike) is in fantastic shape. It has clearly recently been graded and a passenger car would have no problems whatsoever.

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Jan 31 2009

rwstorm

Guides 1
Routes 136
Photos 22,415
Triplogs 1,041

77 male

Joined Feb 28 2003
Tucson, AZ

Tucson, AZ

Hiking		Jan 31 2009
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This is a hike from 2009 that I posted for the Alt (BA) hiking group.

Our small group enjoyed a fun day going to the lookout. Three of them continued on to the peak. This was the last time I did the hike. After the lookout burned in 2011, I just didn't feel like going back...maybe I will go again one day.

Google ed abbey's outhouse for some fun reading.

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[ checklist ] Atascosa Peak

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Feb 23 2003

rwstorm

Guides 1
Routes 136
Photos 22,415
Triplogs 1,041

77 male

Joined Feb 28 2003
Tucson, AZ

Tucson, AZ

Hiking		Feb 23 2003
		rwstorm • Triplogs 1,041

Hiking	5.00 Miles	1,730 AEG

Hiking	5.00 Miles
	1,730 ft AEG

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