Pecos Wilderness Rendevous

“I just wanted to get a thread going on this.
http://www.thebackpacker.com/trips/trip.php?id=334”

“This ain't no Winterfest nonsense you know. ;-)”

“I'm getting pressure to do the Chilkoot and float to Whitehorse with my AK buddy. I'm holding him off till next year for this trip.”

“Now I could get in trouble, I invited the guy who wants me to do the Chilkoot to check this out.

I've added a route map and elevation profile to the trip description.”

“Chilkoot on hold till next year, no pressure to drop the Pecos trip anymore.

No comments on the route?

Route map

or elevations?

Elevation Profile”

“OHHHHHHHHH... did you say Chilkoot?!?!?

*maniacal laughter*”

“He did it with his 80 y/o gf last summer. Wants me to do the Chilkoot and float to Whitehorse.”

“Will we get to do some peak bagging?”

“I think there are 5 or 6 above 13,000 adjacent to the route. The Truchas Peaks, all above 13 can be done in one day. There are also Chimayosos Peak and Pecos Baldy.”

“2 yes, 5 maybe.

Any questions about the trip or route?

From what I can tell, we shouldn't have a hunting season on.”

“for those of you who have summer nine months of the year, come on this trip for fall weathe, maybe even early winter.”

“trying to sell lyra and ynami on the Pecos trip tonight. Thought I'd post some pics for my trip in 1982

Pecos Wilderness, Truchas Peaks area”

“Got any room on this trip for an Easterner? I have been dying to get out west and do some backpacking. This might work for me if the logistics work out. The only thing I worry about is the altittude.”

“My experience is that with this many maybes, there is plenty of room. I'm not sure I'd like to have the group larger than 8-10. If more want to come, there are additional routes that can intersect with the route above.

The altitude is real. If you have the time, drive out. That will help some. At toejam's suggestion, the route is lower with less vertical in the first couple of days. The distances are also kept pretty short. That will allow some to camp and sit, some to camp and explore. Water is not a problem in the Pecos so you don't have the problem of dry camping if you fall short of a spring, like some areas here.”

“7 "maybes".


Is there anything you need to know about the trip that will help you decide? Logistics? Quality of the trip? Water? Weather? Distances? Altitude?

The Pecos is really a fabulous wilderness area, and this should be a low usage time.”

“Well, my hesitation to go with a firm "yes" is mostly not knowing about getting time off work. Also, being a desert-dweller (and loving Death Valley in the summer) I am a bit worried about the coldness factor. How warm of a bag would I need and how many clothes? I am a big cold whimp :)”

“Does this sound about right.

I'm thinking a 15 or 20+ bag would be good. In general, expect crisp fall weather. Highs could be in the upper 40's to even 60's unless a storm comes through. In that case, it could dump snow and temps could drop drastically for a couple of days. Rain gear a must, but you could leave it packed the whole trip.

My clothing will look something like this.

gortex jacket, serves as additional winter layer

gortex pants, serve as additional winter layer

poly pro long underwear
poly t
cordura pants
poly pullover sweater
down or fleece jacket
wool socks
fleece gloves
fleece hat

don't forget sunglasses and sunscreen.”

“boing, boing....”

“If you are looking to get the max out of a trip to NM, consider staying on for the Balloon Fiesta Oct 2-10.”

“With all these newbies around, maybe its a good time to bounce a trip back up. ;-D

Pecos Wilderness Rendevous

6-8 would be a good max group size. Larger than that, consider a different entry to the Rendevous.”

“passed by the Pecos the other day on the way back from CO. This should be an great trip, with hardly anybody in the Wilderness.”

“We schedule by quarter, we just had to put in special requests for Jul-Sep, including this trip.

Still 7 maybe's on the list. Toejam hangs in there! He knows how awesome it will be.”

“maybe I need to make it a private trip or invite prowler to stir up some interest.

Are you still up for this toejam?”

“It can't be the wilderness that is keeping people from signing up. Is it my breath? Smelly feet? Bad attitude?


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“Cab fare is somewhat prohibitive at the moment, otherwise I'd be there!”

“I'm in as a definate strong maybe, all life is in limbo due to work, and I really gotta change that soon.”

“Well, I took a break from working (on a long weekend Saturday no-$%^&)#@-less) and plotted the trip. I was thrown by the scale of the map you posted, at first glance it looked like a regular full scale topo, which made it look like a day trip. I knew that couldn't be right, so I opened TOPO and got the scale right, now I'm psyched. Looks like a great trip. I can't commit in blood yet but I'm warming up to it. If any CA or AZ folks are considering it, keep me in mind for a car pool, it's just a day's drive from Phx.”

“It is a great trip. The area gets very high use during the summer, scouts and all, but this is late enough in the season that most people don't like the chance of weather.”

“but I think we may hit near peak fall colors. :)”

“July '82? With snow?”

“yep, I believe so. I think the trip bridged june and july. I know I have packed trout in snow at Latir Lakes on Independence Day.”

“apologies for not removing self from the maybe list, once exiting from the foggy haze and returning to reality, my daydream regarding my "sugar daddy" or "sugar mama" sponsoring this sojourn to New Mexico was quickly forgotten. The problem lies with evilness represented by the $ symbol and not being able to take off work with pay. My real live mama paid for tickets to visit her in Arizona in April.
More people should sign up for this trip. It will be a fabulous time”

“catch you another time WS. Did you check your lotto ticket? Somebody out there has a cool $290 M waiting.”

“I have got hooked watching this thread. But I am supposed to be somewhere else the weekend of 9/24 - 9/26.”

“Yeah, I got "chewed out by Ma-Ma" apparently she left me a message to buy her a lotto ticket. I never check the machine if the light ain't blinkin'. OOPS, she thought she won. Was someone over the bridge, maybe Pedxing and he is going to have a private fireworks display for all TTers”

“I could swear I've responded to this thread before. Maybe I'm ignoring myself!

Anyway I think I'm still in. I've got to get to Latir sometime. Was it crowded on the 4th?”

“The lower lakes at Latir were sometimes crowed, but if you backpacked up to the higher lakes, there were few if any.”

“Dude, If I can get a dog sitter I'm in. A friend that usally takes care of her just happens to have vaca scheduled during this time.
I had a great time the last trip would not expect anything less with this trip.”

“you mean you've forgiven me!!!”

“BTW, Pecos Wilderness is a quantum leap in comparison to the Sandia Mountain Wilderness.”

“Oh shucks...t'was nothin' and besides I survived and look at what I got to see...some excellent canyons, an awsome thunderstorm over the city...me running in sheer panic through said thunderstorm to the cablehouse as lightning is lashing out from all angles...naw, wasn't nothin'...”

“on the other hand, the Sandias handed you a pretty wild day didn't they.”

“In honor of sticks joining the Rendevous, no bonfires greater than 6 ft in diameter will be allowed.”

“Unless it is snowing and toejam wants it. LOL”

“You don't know what pleasure that gave me to break down that firering.
Talked to my neighbor and she is okay with taking care of Angie so now is time to check out tickets or decide to drive out.”

“Good deal! My wife is reassured when I go with somebody I have met before, even it is somebody I met first on the web. :D”