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Sangre de Cristo Mountains > North Truchas Peak > South Ridge via Rio Quemado > Additions and Corrections
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| wbass | Route Comment | |
Hasn't voted | I have no basis for this assertion, but perhaps this trailhead would be better used as a day hike than leaving a vehicle overnight? Calling ahead to the Land Grant Assoc. may also help (or at the very least, better "karma" and relations between the local owners). We left our truck unlocked anyway and had no problems at all. | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2005 10:52 am | ||
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| truchas | Route Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks for the information. I'll add this to the page soon. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2005 6:17 pm | ||
| bvandenzen | Route Comment | |
Hasn't voted | The Road to this western approach trailhead is washed out about 2.5 miles short of the trailhead. There is a wide area there to park, but can't say whether parking is allowed, as it might be private property. There was a hiker's truck park there this weekend. Could still head in there, but might add 2.5 miles each way to trip. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2005 8:28 am | ||
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| truchas | Route Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks for the information. I wish they would just close all western access to the mountains. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2005 6:17 pm | ||
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| wbass | Route Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Bummer about the road conditions. I wonder if the Land Grant people will even bother to repair it (or allow Forest Service to do so). | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2005 6:25 pm | ||
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| truchas | Route Comment | |
Hasn't voted | I've called the ranger station about the washed out road. They are going to go investigate. They told me to call back in a few days for an update. I'll call them after I get back from my July 4th climbing trip to Colorado. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2005 8:47 pm | ||
| bvandenzen | Route Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Backpacked into (only one night due to ungodly mosquitos) the basin. We got begruding permission from Land Grant, parked the trailhead (through secret backway route avoiding washout), left a thank you note and a case of beer on car. Car was fine when we returned, sans the case of beer. Beautiful hike and trip. Quemado Falls is amazing. Little waterfalls all over the basin. Nice lake right up to boulder field below M. Truchas with great campsites. Someone did flag us down on the way out and was not too pleased with us, something about "this is our land, and we can't have it turn into Disneyland". We explained that we called for permisison, received permission, and were very grateful, but that did not seem to matter to him. He said something about the washed out roadmaybe needs to be fixed. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2005 9:34 am | ||
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| truchas | Route Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Glad you made it. Sounds like that trailhead still has some big obstacles. What land did you have to get permission to cross and do you have the contact information? | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2005 1:20 pm | ||
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| truchas | Route Comment | |
Hasn't voted | I called the Espanola Ranger District and they still have not been up to check out the road yet. He did give me contact information on the land grant and I posted that information on the route page. Glad you found a way around to get to the trailhead. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2005 1:49 pm | ||
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| wbass | Route Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Hmm . . . I guess each trip to the Rio Quemado trailhead is a new adventure. Good to hear vehicles aren't being vandalized. I found the folks at Land Grant to be very helpful, and never had any run-ins with locals, but that was last year and the road wasn't washed out. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2005 9:36 pm | ||
| wbass | Route Comment | |
Hasn't voted | I have some different contacts: Leonard Romero (President) and Perry Trujillo (VP). These were current as of September 2004 though. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2005 9:39 pm | ||
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