Pecos Wilderness Area April 29 - May 1, 2011

On Friday evening Claire, Sommer, and I drove out to NF Rd 207 near Peñasco, NM, to hike into the Pecos Wilderness Area via the Trampas Lakes trail. We camped near the trailhead the first night, having found an excellent location. The weather was pleasant, albeit a bit chilly. The following day we hiked just a few miles up the trail and set up camp at yet another excellent location -- an already established campsite with a rough fire ring built off of a large boulder, acting as a heat reflector. We continued up the trail with daypacks, but group morale began to wane when knee-deep snowdrifts turned to waist-deep snowdrifts. Thus, after a long beautiful day, we turned back for camp to enjoy our plentiful provisions and the warmth of a campfire.