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Pueblo Creek / Dangerous Park, NM
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| 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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| no partners | | 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. |
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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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