Sagebrush personal hiking blog
I walk a short distance to Santa Barbara Campground and await my compatriots to arrive for the annual NMVFO trail project at this location.
We go to the restaurant in Peñasco, Sugar Nymph, now a tradition, and later chat around the campfire, and discuss plans for trail work tomorrow.
The Jaroso Fire burn scar extends about a mile.
Climbing is easier today, and I enjoy reaching Pecos Baldy Lake.
Trailriders Wall is one of my favorite places in the Pecos, with Truchas Peaks in view. At 12k elevation and windy, I have to add a layer.
The route passes near the three Truchas Peaks, and Truchas Lake.
I climb the pass at Santa Barbara Divide on Beatty’s Trail, and enter the Carson National Forest.
Descending along the West Fork of the Rio Santa Barbara, I pitch camp early down at 10k elevation and enjoy the noise of the river.
Finished audiobook Fortunes Fool, by Rafael Sabatini.
Finished audiobook Little Fuzzy, by H Beam Piper.
The route continues a steady climb, up to the Santa Fe Ski Basin.
Shortly afterwards, we enter the Pecos Wilderness.
I meet two different pairs hiking the SF2T in the other direction. One said they were hiking towards Santa Fe to get the road walk out of the way first.
We go past three lovely mountain lakes today: Katherine, Stewart, and Spirit.
The trails today are Winsor, Skyline, Cave Creek, Panchuela, and Dockweiler, all of which I have done trail projects.
Finished audiobook The Assassination Bureau, By Jack London, finished after his death by Robert Fish.
Finished audiobook My Man Jeeves, by P G Wodehouse.