"This cirque route ran the ridge up and down about a half dozen 12-13k peaks over the entire traverse. Wheeler Peak, Mount Walter, Simpson Peak, Rich Peak, Lake Fork Peak and Kachina Peak to name some of them. My legs are absolutely smoked. Driving south to Texas to bag the highest peak there tomorrow. Guadalupe Peak in Guadalupe Mountains National Park." — wiweasel • Sep 29, 2023

"On Peakery.com a new peak was added, Rich Peak, elevation 12,535. It is between 2 peaks I have done before, Kachina Peak and Lake Fork Peak in the Wheeler Peak Wilderness. I was expecting just a bump on an, above-the-timberline-meadow, it ended up being much more difficult than I anticipated. I left my house at 4:30 AM, heading to the Taos Sky Valley, then driving a little further to the south and I was at the Williams Lake parking area. The final leg is a dirt road but a 4WD is not necessary. My GPS said the elevation was 10,220 feet. It was a perfectly clear pleasant morning. I was carrying about 14 pounds for conditioning and started hiking at 7:45. My plan was to climb up the world class Taos Ski area by way of the Kachina Bowl going straight up some black diamond runs to the ridge above, then across. I was met by a worker who said I could not go that way because of construction. I would have had to go a very roundabout way, adding much more difficulty to the hike. I said, “Please will you let me go this way?” He was very kind and said that being that it was so early and there was no construction going on, “Yes.” A great big, “Thanks!” to him. I first had to get to Kachina P..." — Phil-Robinson • Jul 27, 2023