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| Hiking | 23.35 Miles |
5,280 AEG |
| | Hiking | 23.35 Miles | 12 Hrs 2 Mns | | 2.18 mph |
| 5,280 ft AEG | 1 Hour 20 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | This hike has been in my cross hairs for a while so I decided that today was the day.
Truchas Peak is in northern New Mexico a bit east of Santa Fe and north of the town of Pecos. With an elevation of 13,102 feet it is the second highest peak in New Mexico. It also has 4,001 feet of prominence, which gets the attention of some people. But wait there's more: it is the highpoint of not one but two counties in New Mexico -- Rio Arriba County and Mora County.
I started and ended the hike at the Jacks Creek TH, which is about 20 miles north of Pecos. The road is paved all the way to the TH, but it gets a bit rough in the last 8-10 miles. In fact, it is almost as bad as highway 87 from Strawberry to Winslow!
The hike was on several maintained trails up to about a mile from the summit. The trails are mostly in good shape, although there is a bit of deadfall at about mile 5 to mile 6.
Near the summit there are some talus slopes and some rock scrambling, and it gets ridiculously steep on the final push to the summit. As I was nearing the summit a couple of guys were coming up behind me, but one of them was struggling so they turned around.
The views at the summit are amazing, so it was worth the effort to get there.
I would say that this was probably the 3rd or 4th hardest hike that I have done. A sensible person would backpack about 7.5 miles to Pecos Baldy Lake; setup camp and spend the night; and then hike the remaining 4 miles to the summit in the morning. That is what most people seem to do.
Synopsis
You'd best have some lead in your pencil if you tackle this hike. |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
There was a decent showing of flowers throughout much of the hike |
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