This morning we drove to the Dripping Springs Area of Organ Mountains and Desert Peaks National Monument in southern New Mexico. We hiked up to Dripping Springs and on the way back took the Crawford Trail down and around to La Cueva and then back to the Visitor Center making a loop of our return. Overall 5 miles and 800 ft of gain. Beautiful area!!!
View towards the rocky area we would circle on our way backPanorama of the Organ Mountains as we hiked up to Dripping Spring:
some of the nearby peaks
We saw many mule deer on our way up the trail.
We also saw 4 oryx across the meadow, so exciting!
Views as we continued up the trail:
more mule deer
Getting closer to Dripping Springs
We continued past the springs to the ruins of an old hotel.
Views of the nearby peaks as we continued back to the main trail:
peak across the meadow before we turned down the Crawford TrailViews along the Crawford Trail:
Views as we head towards La Cueva "the cave"
back of the alcove
View looking out of the cave
The cave is at the base of this large rock formation.
Mountain peaks seen as we returned to the visitor center
some of the flora seen along the trail today:
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