Boletsakwa Ruins Hike – 07/01/2015

I’m posting this report -long- after we made this hike.  It may have been our first visit to Boletsakwa Ruins.

The Hike

Boletsakwa Hike.Pat.2015-07-01

Statistics

Total Distance:  2.80 miles
Elevation: start 7,218 ft, maximum 7,305 ft,  minimum 7,131 ft
Gross gain: 174 ft.  Aggregate ascending 644 ft, descending 643 ft
Maximum slope: 42% ascending, 42% descending, 8% average
Duration: 3:17

I urge you to explore our hiking tracks with Google Earth. With the virtual 3-dimensional presentation, achieved by panning and tilting the view, you can get a much better idea of the hikes and terrain than you can get from the 2-dimensional screenshot above. For assistance: Using Google Earth Track Files.

References

OtherHand: Boletsakwa Ruins
Dog of the Desert: Boletsakwa in the Jemez Mountains 
School for Advanced Research:
     Archaeology of the Jemez Pueblo Revolt, Overnight in Jemez Springs 
San Juan Basin Archaeological Society, Field Trip Report: Jemez Mountains (pdf)
Museum of New Mexico: … Archeology of the Jemez Province … (pdf)

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