"We rented a home in Red River, NM over Labor Day weekend 2011 for 10 of our family members. Yesterday I got up early and hiked Black Mountain and today, Sunday, I got up before the first crack of light to hike Greenie Peak, elevation 11,249. I left so early so that I would be back when everyone was beginning to stir. No one would go with me on the hike, too early. My son Garret was along whom I mostly hike peaks with, but he didn’t feel like hiking peaks on a vacation weekend. I did a little scouting yesterday to find the right roads to make it quicker to get to the peak. I left the house, in the dark, at 5:45. It was a cool crisp 48 degrees and it was raining. I was not too happy about the rain, but I figured that I would put on my rain poncho and just tough it out. Greenie Peak is a peak that you can drive to with a 4 wheel drive vehicle, but I would not count a peak that I did not experience at least a little pain, so I planned to stop about a mile and a half away from the peak and hike to the top. In Red River you turn north on Mallette Road. It is about 7.5 miles to the top. All you have to do is keep following the signs with the little green triangle on it. The first 2 miles..." — Phil-Robinson • Sep 4, 2011