Region
Highlights
Routes
1 summit • 11.8 mi • 725 ft gain • 5 hr 27 min
Latest summits
"I peakbagged for years with my dog Daisy before she died. I always trusted Daisy to stay with me. Since she died I have 2 new wirehaired fox terriers. One gets car sick, so the other is the default peakbagging dog. I do not have the trust that he will stay with me like Daisy. I do not take him in deep forests and mostly look for roads, good trails, or open area to hike with him. This hike I took Captain for his 5th trip.
I left the house at 4:20 AM, August 3, 2018, heading to northwest New Mexico to hike Brazos Ridge, elevation 10,963. I also planned to hike the Cruces Wilderness Basin high point, elevation 10,900. North of Tres Piedras I turned off of Highway 285 going west on Forest Road 87 for 27 miles. I did not realize how easy this peak was going to be or I would have hiked it years ago. You can drive to within a quarter mile of the peak, but I don’t count a peak unless I hike at least 3 miles. I parked 4.5 miles away from the peak where Lagunitas Creek meets the road. I have not been in this part of New Mexico and it was gorgeous! Most of the 27 mile drive is covered with rich green grass meadows, beautiful rolling hills mixed with patches of aspen and blue spruce fores..." — Phil-Robinson • Aug 3, 2018