Monday, April 24, 2017

Chamisa Trail

The Chamisa Trail is a nice mountain trail close to Santa Fe, winding through an evergreen forest and ending at a beautiful grassy meadow with a boulder beside the Tesuque Creek. We've been hiking in this area quite a few times because it's close to Santa Fe.

At the saddle after a rather strenuous climb for 1 1/2-miles. A number of trails converge here and we have to figure out  the right one to take to continue to the meadow.

We chose the correct trail and here we are in the meadow beside the large boulder and...

Tesuque Creek. I note that the trees are still bare. I think that we ate our lunch beside Tesuque Creek last week, in a different meadow.

On the way back these small yellow flowers caught our eye - Oregon grape.

Today's hike:
Length - 5.05 miles
Duration - 2 hours, 26 minutes
Elevation gain - 1,200 feet (123 floors on the Fitbit)

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