Southern Colorado Trip Summary

Nice spring trip to the San Juan Mountains and the Rio Grande National Forest. Original plan was to hike in New Mexico, but fires and fire conditions had the Carson and Santa Fe forests closed.

932 miles driven and 63 miles hiked over 7 days. Both the Conejos and Alamosa Rivers originate on the East side of these mountains and flow in to the Rio Grande. Antonito, CO was my base, just 3 hours from ABQ. 


Conejos River looking down river towards Pinorealosa Mountain.
 

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