Elevation
12,703 ft / 3,872 m
Region
Most climbed route
Highlights
Routes
2 climbs • 16.1 mi • 4,337 ft gain • 7 hr 23 min
2 climbs • 3.4 mi • 990 ft gain
1 climb • 10.3 mi • 2,788 ft gain • 7 hr 19 min
1 climb • 19.7 mi • 5,543 ft gain
Latest climbs

"My 1st New Mexico peakbagging goal, of a very inclusive list, was all of the 12K and 13K peaks, (Now 87). My 2nd goal was all of the 11K peaks, (Now 80). My 3rd goal was the highest 102 major peaks with all the minor peaks in between. (Now adding 27 upper 10K peaks, everything above 10,837) My goal was to do them as respectfully as possible and after meeting with the Taos War Chief, written about in my last trip report, I made my 3 goals. All 194 highest peaks in New Mexico! (-2) I kind of have a new goal, not quite ready to state, but part of it is to increase the very inclusive list of the highest NM peaks. Two peaks were in my sites; Peak 12,283 and Peak 11,893, the latter listed in Mike Butterfield’s book, “Guide to the Mountain’s of NM, and the former a very impressive visual peak with a 1000-foot drop on 3 sides. Both were located near the iconic peak, Gold Hill 12,700.’ I last hiked this peak in 2003.
I have some nice lady connections, but the only single lady I knew who could vigorously hike some challenging peaks and enjoy it was Amy. I asked her about going, and she was excited to go. We met at Calvary Church’s parking lot in Albuquerque at 6:00 AM and headed north to..." — Phil-Robinson • Sep 14, 2024

"Thursday morning early, July 18, 2003, my wife Linda and I, Phil Robinson and my 4 daughters; Christina, Jennifer, Lauren and Natalie headed to the Red River, New Mexico area to camp at Goose Lake then later hike Gold Hill. May 30, 2003 I was married to Linda and I am the new father of the 4 girls. Their physical father is no longer living. Last year, though we had separate tents, we camped 5 nights at Holy Ghost campground at the edge of the Pecos Wilderness. Five nights was too much for Linda so we are staying 2. When we got to Red River we headed east, past town, until we got to a sign that said Goose Lake and then turned right. Immediately you have to cross the river in water up to the door. You must have a 4WD vehicle! It is almost 8 miles of tough, tough road. This is the first time we have taken the 1992 Toyota Land Cruiser and the road was so tough with boulders I felt like I was in a dream and driving where a car should not go. It was such fun to drive over this rough road. It took an hour on the dirt and boulder road to reach the lake. It did not give our vehicle any problems. We were the only ones at the lake and we camped in one big tent right by the lake so they could..." — Phil-Robinson • Jul 18, 2003