truchas wrote:Backpacker calls this place The Pecos Wilderness of New Mexico.
Don't get me wrong, I love the Pecos, but I think the Bob is wilder, as are the Teton, Washakie, etc. Even in New Mexico, I think the Gila would be wilder than the Pecos. In spite of this, I never get sick of backpacking there...
Personally, I think Backpacker has been slipping the past few years.