Trails End Santa Fe

  • NNML 2019 Day 28, July 7, Sunday
  • Start just past Spirit Lake, mile (sec9mile44)
  • End Santa Fe plaza, (sec9mile66)
  • Miles walked: 22

Tent moth were attacking aspens on a section of this trail, with the trees not leafing out at all in July. Whole mountainsides of trees were bare.

Out of the Pecos Wilderness, the Winsor Trail continues for many more miles. This next section is maintained by a mountain bike club, and today I saw dozens of bikes on the trail.

The USFS has a new restriction for trails I had not seen before.

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Pecos Wilderness North

  • NNML 2019 Day 26, July 5, Friday
  • Start Agua Piedra Campground near Sipapu, mile 426 (sec9mile0)
  • End near Skyline Trail, mile 443 (sec9mile17)
  • Miles walked: 17

I had never visited the ski resort Sipapu, so walk a couple of miles on the road to check it out.

The ski trail map shows one main lift, with several black diamond trails.

The general store and cafe are not open until later in the morning, and my trail awaits impatiently. The route climbs up 4k of elevation change to the Divide Trail, and starting at Jicarta Peak remains above treeline for 12 miles.

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