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| Canyoneering | 14.00 Miles |
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| | Canyoneering | 14.00 Miles | 9 Hrs 30 Mns | | 1.47 mph |
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| | Canyon Hiking - Non-technical; no rope; easy scrambling; occasional hand use | | A - Dry or little water; shallow or avoidable water; no wet/dry suit | | I - Short 1-2 hours |
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| no partners | | It has always been frustrating to not be able to simply head out my door and enjoy a nice bit of elevation gain into the foothills across the fields from my house... the closest access was over private land and was closed down a few years ago, so today I extended a fun little jeep track on up and over into an adjacent wash, and found that it did provide a through route, though off trail, up through the barrier of cliffs that buttress the Mesa... thus opening up a route to hike on up to the Highest frontal range peak. This also will provide access to the Mesa Loop trail... so, now I do have something right out my door. Really, I can walk out my door, across a field, and crossing one paved road, head off up dirt tracks that within two miles connect me with six trailheads, and if I want, on up the mountain to 9200'. But, adding on that extra four miles is not always appealing. This one is just .3 miles over to the TH... that I can do.
Great exploratory day... steep and steady trekking, then interesting enough I got up close to the peak and could see snow enveloped Sierra Blanca off in the distance and briefly thought I should be Jpumpkining it over in that mound of snow...but then, I probably lack the equipment and skills... then 20 minutes later found myself postholing down from the peak, knee to butt deep in snow. The nice sunnyside of the hill cliffed out, and having to descend on the north slope in the shade... snow!
Took the easy route back down off the mountain, catching up on all the local hunting news from the various motorcycle and ATV hunters out looking for sheep...
a good day... |
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