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San Pedro Parks Wilderness Day Hike,  Jemez Mountains, New Mexico

June 28, 2008

Author, Trip Leader, and Slide Show: Francesco Grilli

Participants: Rishi Sharma, Tianshu Li, and Francesco Grilli

Schematic Trail Map: click here (see page 39)

We were looking for a relaxing walk and were fortunate to find this hike.  It was replete with beautiful meadows, creeks and forest.  From Los Alamos we drove through the Jemez Mountains on NM 126 until we came to the trailhead of the San Pedro Parks Wilderness.  We followed the well marked Vacas Trail (n. 51), which passes by the nice San Gregorio reservoir, follows Clear Creek for a while and then climbs gently until reaching the Rio de las Vacas at 5.25 miles, and the Anastacio Trail (n. 435) at 5.5 miles.  We followed trail n. 435 on the left (northwest) for about a mile, looking for an unmarked trail heading back to the trailhead.

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This unmarked trail is very faint and continuously appears and then disappears, but by heading south it is quite easy to reach the Clear Creek basin from here and follow it until hitting trail n. 435 again.  The meadow of Clear Creek basin is quite wet, but there is a faint trail on its east side (by the trees), which allows one to keep feet dry.  Close encounters with cows are very probable.  I think that the gentle slopes of these trails are particularly suitable for cross-country skiing.
 


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