A couple of places where you need 4L. Don’t follow to Ashley Rd to far end as there’s a private gate that’s locked.
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Beautiful scenery, a small river by the trail and lots of aspens. We walked the entire trail total it said we went 4.62 miles. A suggestion would be to reach the fork in the trailhead and go right to begin with. That is hiking the trail counter clockwise. Would recommend this trail for
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Only accessible via private property ( I traveled with the owners)
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This is a good family hike. It’s in a canyon, so it’s a few degrees cooler than the surrounding area. There’s a small stream, but I suspect it may not be flowing much at all by late June.
The parking is right along the interstate, so watch those kids and pets.
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This is a good family hike. It’s in a canyon, so it’s a few degrees cooler than the surrounding area. There’s a small stream, but I suspect it may not be flowing much at all by late June.
The parking is right along the interstate, so watch those kids and pets.
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The trail starts along FS road, and is a bit exposed to the sun. About 1.5 miles in, it starts to feel like a real hiking trail. Steep, but relatively easy hiking terrain. You’ll climb up to a ridge through pine forests.
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A midday hike looking for birds. Disappointingly few birds, but it was midday and still early in the year. Very good trail
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Great hike with decent views of Los Alamos. Mostly rock trail decently marked. In a couple areas though there’s multiple offshoots that aren’t clearly marked. Bring a GPS or a map.
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Going to the summit of Picacho Peak is a moderate hike. 600’ per mile. Some might find it steep depending on your conditioning but it is only 2 miles each way. Views are quite nice in the upper third.
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Very nice hike, beautiful fall colors! Very good workout, lots of good climbs. Few creek crossings, got my feet a bit wet, no big deal. I was excited to enjoy a few segments of this hike that I’ve never been. It did get a bit confusing in a couple of places but that was mostly due to me not studying the route well enough! My bad! I was happy to get back to my car well before dark and safe!
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The first 1/3 of a mile is steep but after that you can cruise. This is normally a great fall hike with lots of aspen and a good chance of hearing (and possibly seeing) elk. But today the leaves are mostly green and no signs of elk.
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Very heavily travelled. You will smell dog shit every 20 yards. Disgusting.
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Beautiful trail (once you get past the fallen trees that have been decimated by drought, disease, or beetles). Don't count on any water to be available for filtering. I was up there on Labor Day and September 15th. On Labor Day, the stream was barely a trickle. Mid-September, the stream was mostly dry with occasional puddles. I was glad that we all brought sufficient water.
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