0.4 mi to summit
0.8 mi total
8,680 ft start
350 ft gain
20 min to summit
15 min total
This mountain is the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. To get close to the mountain requires a HC-4WD vehicle. To get there: take US-285, north of Tres Piedras where there's a public access road, TP-178, at mile marker 387. You will pass a road marker and an info sign/map board. The road will wind around, heading E, N, E with the only signage being some brown fiberglass markers, some with arrows. TP-178 has some rough spots so a high clearance (HC) vehicle is recommended. The turnoff to the mountain is located at N36.7262, W105.9357; a HC-4WD vehicle is required beyond this point. If you wish to walk its about two miles one way to the HP. Summit log in a jar in the rock windbreak that marks the summit. The benchmarker is nearby.
Approach from the access road - hiked SE to ridge then up to the HP
out-and-back
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trekking poles