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Where would you go backpacking in early April between NM and Texas?
Posted on 1/18/21 at 7:45 pm
Posted on 1/18/21 at 7:45 pm
Would like to stay within 15 hour drive.
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 7:56 pm to bayoubengals88
Lincoln national forest then head over to white sands national park
Posted on 1/19/21 at 11:54 am to bayoubengals88
Used to love area North of Albuquerque , now I'm so old I don't think I could walk out of sight in 4 hours .
Posted on 1/19/21 at 12:40 pm to bayoubengals88
Guadelupe Mountians, Davis Mountains, or Area near Cloudrcroft NM.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 12:58 pm to Paul Allen
quote:Going backpacking. Need 18 mile loop minimum.
Lincoln national forest then head over to white sands national park
Anyone backpacked Gila Wilderness?
Posted on 1/19/21 at 1:26 pm to bayoubengals88
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Anyone backpacked Gila Wilderness?
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I love Gila. Both times I've been were in April as well.
Weather was always perfect, but it can and will get cold at night.
This post was edited on 1/19/21 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 1/19/21 at 2:38 pm to bayoubengals88
Big Bend National Park. Weather should be nice then. Or Cloudcroft, but might be kind of cold.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 6:12 pm to Salmon
quote:Nice! Did you backpack the rivers where you have to cross 150+ times?
I love Gila. Both times I've been were in April as well.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 6:14 pm to LaLadyinTx
quote:Might do Big Bend and Guadaloupe.
Big Bend National Park.
Would love to backpack Gila, but it's over 18 hours and we don't have that much time off.
Also, not sure about walking in water all day followed by 20s at night
Posted on 1/19/21 at 8:27 pm to bayoubengals88
Be aware that Guadalupe is dry with no water up on the mountain, which can present difficulty for multiple day backpacking trips. It’s really awesome though.
Gila would be cool. Don’t do White Sands for backpacking. Definitely worth a day and possibly a single overnight, but it would get old IMO.
Cloudcroft is high elevation abs might be cold/snowy that time of year. Big Bend is a good choice, obviously.
Gila would be cool. Don’t do White Sands for backpacking. Definitely worth a day and possibly a single overnight, but it would get old IMO.
Cloudcroft is high elevation abs might be cold/snowy that time of year. Big Bend is a good choice, obviously.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 8:47 pm to hogfly
quote:I read this today. Apparently you're packing all the water you need in your pack?? The loops we were looking at are 13-15 miles so only two days.
Be aware that Guadalupe is dry with no water up on the mountain, which can present difficulty for multiple day backpacking trips.
quote:How so?
It’s really awesome though.
This post was edited on 1/19/21 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 1/19/21 at 9:32 pm to bayoubengals88
Really gorgeous rock formations riding strikingly out of flat desert. And the high altitude forests up top are very cool. It’s a dramatic place with incredible views that look out over flat earth.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 10:22 pm to LaLadyinTx
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Big Bend National Park. Weather should be nice then.
Can easily be mid 90s by then. Guadalupe is much cooler in early April.
Posted on 1/20/21 at 7:14 am to bayoubengals88
quote:
Apparently you're packing all the water you need in your pack?? The loops we were looking at are 13-15 miles so only two days.
on a two day 13 mile hike we took in big bend in October the two of us each packed three 2L bladders of water and it was just enough. We used one whole bladder cooking dinner and making coffee which I did not calculate properly
the hike in was pretty rough carrying all that weight
Posted on 1/20/21 at 7:30 am to bayoubengals88
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Did you backpack the rivers where you have to cross 150+ times?
We always backpacked Iron Creek/Middle Fork areas. We went for turkey hunting (backpack in 6-7 miles and set up camp and hunt for a week), so I've never hiked the entire length of the trails.
But most of the rivers are pretty easy to cross. You just hop on the rocks.
Posted on 1/20/21 at 8:18 am to bayoubengals88
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Going backpacking. Need 18 mile loop minimum.
Have you ever done this? You have all the gear?
Reason I'd ask is there's a big difference between 18 miles in the mountains and in areas with questionable water as opposed to most flat with plentiful creeks.
Packing water is not fun IMO. Much more enjoyable to go to areas that have regular water, that time of year the melt will potentially be very low.
Posted on 1/20/21 at 8:41 am to cgrand
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on a two day 13 mile hike we took in big bend in October the two of us each packed three 2L bladders of water and it was just enough. We used one whole bladder cooking dinner and making coffee which I did not calculate properly
the hike in was pretty rough carrying all that weight
My wife and I (pre-marriage) hiked Guadalupe Peak and camped in a backcountry site, carrying our own water. We were going to do a multi-day through hike but she came down with the flu on the way up. Rationing water and having the flu don't work very well together. We hiked out after 1 night, and we still had gone through most of our water. Drove to Carlsbad, did that and Roswell (never again on Roswell... what a waste).
Posted on 1/20/21 at 9:43 am to bayoubengals88
last i checked, state parks in NM were still closed to non-residents and there is a 14 day quarantine for anyone entering NM from out of state.
that shouldn't be a problem if you stay on federal land, and as far as i know the quarantine is not enforced. but just throwing information your way.
that shouldn't be a problem if you stay on federal land, and as far as i know the quarantine is not enforced. but just throwing information your way.
Posted on 1/20/21 at 7:18 pm to baldona
quote:We’ve only done two backpacks, but want to start doing more.
Have you ever done this? You have all the gear?
We did 35 miles in Grand Teton and about 12 in Flat Tops Wilderness.
Never carried much water but we have overpacked on food big time with a bear canister each.
Posted on 1/21/21 at 8:10 am to bayoubengals88
Big Bend. The blue bonnets might still be out there. Really awesome because they are huge compared to regular ones.
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