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Apache Box - 1 member in 1 triplog has rated this an average 4 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Apache BoxSouthwest, NM
Apache Box
Southwest, NM
Hiking avatar Nov 08 2009
PrestonSands • Triplogs 2,097
Hiking5.00 Miles 550 AEG
Hiking5.00 Miles   2 Hrs      2.50 mph
550 ft AEG
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"It's Sunday afternoon: last chance to get out and do something", I thought. So I drove for an hour and a half to the New Mexican border over increasingly rough roads to explore a place that I had seen a few photos of online. Apache Box looked intimidating yet irresistible in the golden late afternoon light. I arrived at the bottom of the Box at sunset, in awe of the impossibly high cliffs. With only a short time to explore, I located the mine tunnels that were on the topo map, startled a bat, snapped a few photos, then headed back in the fading light. What I learned: 1) Apache Box is about as far away from the beaten path as one can get, 2) it is unique, beautiful, and worthy of its potential BLM Wilderness status;
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