Remember: the Mountain Park North Exploratory Hike is
tomorrow. The hike will begin near 2780 Gunnison Drive in Mountain Park on the
east side of the mountains. (Map)
Expect an easy to moderate hike for two hours beginning at 7:30 a.m. The
temperature will be a delightful 53° with just a wisp of a breeze at 2 mph
ENE. Sunrise begins at 7:15 a.m. In short, a perfect morning for a
hike. This will be a good hike to see some good geological formations, the old
Knapp quarries, and some fossils besides just having a great time. Trail
Master sui generis, Tom Robinson, will be our hike leader.
On Saturday, March 17th, do a ridge hike in the
Organ Mountains from Bar Canyon to Achenback Canyon. The hike is difficult and
will be mostly off trail with an elevation gain of 1,000 feet or so. The
distance overall is 6 to 8 miles so expect a 6 to 7 hour adventure. Meet at 7
a.m. at the customary Shell Station/Dairy Queen at I-10 and Transmountain.
There’s no fee but, if you carpool, do help with the cost of fuel. Carol
Brown is the hike leader and you can contact her at 915-630-1424. Bring plenty
of water, snacks, a sack lunch and wear sturdy hiking shoes and check the
weather beforehand and wear appropriate clothing. The alternative meeting place
is the Bar/Soledad
Canyon parking lot.
On Sunday do a geocache hike at Dripping Springs. Check out details.
Learn more about geocaching and register at geocache.com.
If mountain biking is your thing, do a 15 mile
virtual race with your GPS. This race is brought to you by our friends
at GeoBetty.
Scenic
Drive is closed every Sunday morning from 7 to Noon. (6 to 11 a.m.
beginning April 1.) It’s a 4.1 mile hike from one side to the other. This walk
takes in a dazzling panorama of El Paso and Juarez and a display of 500 million
year old fossils! It’s a good recreational walk and can be done in an hour and
a half.
Know that Turner
Classic Movies will be showing Take the High Ground on March 28th.
Be sure to check for times. This is the 1953 movie that was shot on Ft. Bliss
with our mountains (roughly above Diana to Transmountain) as a backdrop. (See
two clips here.)
Finally, Bob Medley (who prefers the title “Web Slave” over
“Web Master”) sends out a terrific e-letter with information about hikes and
much more. You can see the current letter and, if you aren’t doing so already,
subscribe here.
Check out and bookmark the El Paso
Ridgewalkers. Also join the El Paso Hiking Meet-up and the
Las Cruces Hiking Meet-up for
schedules of hikes and for tie-ins to other great meet-up sites.
Excelsior!
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