This Nogal Canyon (there are others) is located west of San Antonio, NM, and runs through the Chupadera mountains to the Magdalenas. The plan is to drive to the first really narrow part of the canyon, hike through that, up a side canyon, then down to the farther narrow canyon, and finally back to the cars. It is a very dramatic area with a wide variety of volcanic rocks that we'll walk through. Might even find some very early spring flowers (?)
Meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, February 9th, at Socorro schools administrative offices, 700 Franklin Street. This trip WILL require 4-WD vehicles in the canyon because the bottom is very sandy, so everybody who has one ought to bring it. Don't forget to dress for the weather, bring water, snacks, etc.
Bob & Debby
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About 20 people showed up for the hike today. We drove into the canyon and then started hiking up side branch of the canyon along a dry stream bed. Some of the more adventurous folks went all the way up to a peak at about 5980 feet. We came down the next major branch of the canyon to the west, and then walked back to our cars.
I've added a couple of pictures to the slide show. Since I had a GPS with me today, these pictures are tagged with their locations. I've also added this hike to our map.
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