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5 summits • 2.7 mi • 721 ft gain • 1 hr 42 min
3 summits • 5.1 mi • 2,547 ft gain • 2 hr 49 min
1 summit • 9.9 mi • 1,836 ft gain
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"Easy 4WD road up to the trailhead. I’ve seen a couple people take different routes, but I went from Española onto 31 Mile Road/SH565 and followed it all the way til right about where your GPS will say the peak is. On the way there as I began to get closer to the peak, the road went through a gorgeous but burnt area of the forest from what I assume was a fairly recent fire. In the general area of the peak, there was a small clear patch on the side of the road that I parked on and began hiking up an old road to the left of SH565 (coming from the East). Do not listen to what your GPS says, because if you try to take a shortcut like it will give you it will end up at a dead end because of private property. You could probably make it up there in a little sedan if you had a fair amount of careful driving skills and continuous praying but I wouldn’t advise it if you want to play it safe. Also, from Española to the bottom of the peak where I parked took me about 2 hours to drive up. Have fun out there future climbers!" — paandooo • Sep 28, 2022
"Two years ago I went to Boy Scout Troop 166, that is the troop I was in as a boy and both my sons were in, and asked to join as a Scouter Reserve to hike 5 mountain peaks legitimately that I needed on Philmont Scout land. I told them I was joining to get the peaks, but would be happy to help out as needed. Last autumn I organized a peakbagging adventure to get Black Mountain at Philmont. I still need 4 peaks on their land and am organizing a Philmont Autumn Adventure in September to get them. They asked me to organize some conditioning hikes before the Philmont hike. I am organizing 4 peakbagging conditioning hikes on peaks that I do not need, so that I can get 4 more peaks that I do need. I hiked Chicoma Mountain once before with my daughter Christina in May of 2012.
Saturday morning, we left Albuquerque at 7:15 AM July 31, 2021, and drove to Espanola, New Mexico. In Espanola we headed north on highway 285. We turned west on Forest Road 144. The street was named Fairview. We headed west for 27.5 miles on a gorgeous drive with spectacular views, then parked. I drove this road a couple of times before and a passenger car would do, but not this time, a high clearance vehicle is re..." — Phil-Robinson • Jul 31, 2021
"Took FR-144/NM-565 to a four-wheel drive road on the left, 2.3 miles beyond mile marker sign post 25. Parked at the junction and walked up the road for .95 miles. Started up the mountain from there on an old washed out road which petered out to a trail, then bushwhacked straight to the top. Easy hike. " — fredbrown585 • Jun 20, 2017
"We left the house at 5:15 AM on this beautiful May 30, 2012 morning. Our goal was to climb two peaks, Chicoma Mountain, the highest mountain in the Jemez mountain range, elevation 11,561, and Polvadera Peak, elevation 11,232. I had not yet hiked any peaks in the Jemez, yet had a goal to hike the three 11K peaks in that range. I went with my daughter Christina and dog Daisy. We drove to Espanola, New Mexico and headed to the north on highway 84/285. Just north of the road named Fairview we turned to the west on forest road 144. The road is a well kept dirt road and we headed to the west about 27 miles. This took about an hour. I took our 4WD SUV but think a regular passenger car could make it with a little care. The drive is spectacular, right up at the top of scenic New Mexico roads. The views are almost endless from the Sandia Mountains deeply to the north of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range. It is the high road to the Jemez, at times far up on the ridge with a far drop off to the south. The road is worth it, even if one is not going to hike. As we neared the peak we saw a heard of mixed male and female elk, maybe 12 to 15 of them. Some of them with big racks. They quickly ran..." — Phil-Robinson • May 30, 2012