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Holiday Mesa Hike – 07/26/2015
This was a memorable hike. The goal was to visit the Kwastiyukwa (Great Footprint) Ruins on Holiday Mesa. We made a valiant try, but with the elevation gain, distance, and summer heat we gave out in the face of another … Continue reading
10K – 08/30/2015
Feb 2018: This is another ‘looking back’ entry in our Hiking Journal. The Hike Statistics Total Distance: 4.0 miles Elevation: start 9,975 ft, maximum 10,042 ft, minimum 9,837 ft Gross gain: 67 ft. Aggregate ascending 1,042 ft, descending 1,036 ft … Continue reading
Piño Hike – 10/12/2015
Feb 2018: This is another ‘looking back’ entry in our Hiking Journal. The Hike Statistics Total Distance: 6.51 miles Elevation: start 6,423 ft, maximum 8,084 ft, minimum 6,423 ft Gross gain: 1,662 ft. Aggregate ascending 1,972 ft, descending 1,981 ft … Continue reading
Elena Gallegos, North Hike – 03/01/2013
A hike made long ago, before I started the Hiking BLOG. Statistics Total Distance: 3.54 miles Elevation: start 6,450 ft, maximum 6,687 ft, minimum 6,378 ft Gross gain: 319 ft. Aggregate ascending 594 ft, descending 578 ft Maximum slope: 24% … 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
Cebolla Canyon Hike – 06/29/2014
An after-the-fact post of this hike that Jay and I made before I started the BLOG. One of our early hikes, checking out trails in the Jemez Mountains. Jay here: I had done this hike with a group way back … 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