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Category Archives: 2017
Bear Canyon Hike – 08/06/2017
Introduction Continuing to explore the wonderful canyons in the Jemez Mountains north of La Cueva, on this day we tackled Bear Canyon and a smaller canyon just south of Bear (I’ll call it “Little Bear”). Unable to find a GPS … Continue reading
East Fork Jemez Box Hike – 08/02/2017
It is still summer here in New Mexico, so we continue to seek trails at higher elevations and in the shade of woods, and where there is some feature of interest. This hike, in the Jemez Mountains, above 7,000 feet … Continue reading
La Vista Verde Hike – 7/24/2017
Returning from a 7-day trip across a portion of the Mountain West with my daughter’s family from Virginia, Pat & I spent two nights at an AirBnB in Arroyo Seco, NM. On our way home we stopped at the Wild … Continue reading
Fourmile Falls Hike – 07/04/2017
After enjoying a lay day, following our hike above 11,000′ on the Continental Divide Trail, on this Fourth of July we skipped the big parade on Pagosa Springs and headed for a popular trail nearby. The Drive In The … Continue reading
Continental Divide Trail, Wolf Creek Pass Hike – 07/02/2017
For our third day in the San Juan Mountains/Pagosa Springs, we headed UP, maybe above the tree line? To Wolf Creek Pass and a section of the Continental Divide Trail (CDT). The Drive In It is a long way … Continue reading
Coal Creek Hike – 07/01/2017
This was our second day of hiking in the San Juan mountains near Pagosa Springs. Our original plan was to hit the north end of the Quartz Ridge Trail, the trailhead located about 3 miles up the East Fork San … Continue reading
Turkey Creek Hike – 6/30/2017
Our first day of our 5-day camping and hiking trip to Pagosa Springs. We had reserved 6 nights in the East Fork Campground maintained by the Forest Service. Site #4 was a nice back-in site for the R-Pod – level spot, … Continue reading
Moon-Rito Peñas Negras Hike – 06/25/2017
This is our second off-the-beaten-path hike, which I planned using GoogleEarth and topographic resources (such as Lists of John’s Interactive Map and the US Topo app on my Android tablet & phone). The goal here was to hike up Moon Canyon, then … Continue reading
Telephone Canyon Plus Hike – 06/11/2017
Having exploited all the trail for which I could find others’ tracks, I spent some time on GoogleEarth and top maps (for example, Lists of John’s Interactive Map) to develop a plan to hike up Telephone Canyon, descend into Calaveras … Continue reading
Pony Canyon Hike – 06/04/2017
We returned again to the Jemez Mountains, to explore the canyons north of Fenton Lake. The Drive In This time we drove up FR 378, to the head of the set of canyons that branch off of Calaveras Canyon – … Continue reading