[cdt-l] New Mexican Border

[Jonathan Ley]

>From what I've seen, they're all scenic routes. Most people have only hiked
one of them, and tend to hype "that one" as the best. I think it's all
subjective. Personally, I liked finishing at Antelope Wells because I had
the feeling there wasn't anywhere further south to go than the bottom of the
bootheel. Plus it was very quiet/peaceful. and I had someone meeting me
there, so it was easy logistically (and I didn't have to hike out).

 

As for water, they all have water options. which change year to year as
windmills are either repaired or break-down.

 

-Jonathan

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: cdt-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:cdt-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Slyatpct at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 7:55 AM
To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [cdt-l] New Mexican Border

 

I haven't done either of the bootheel routes, but I've never been under the
impression they were more scenic or had less route walking than the Columbus
route.  On the contrary, I think the opposite is true, along with the
Columbus route having more frequent water sources.  There's also the
guidebook thing, among other factors.

 

Sly

 

 

 

 .

 ft at francistapon.com writes:

It seems that there are three places to start/end on the New Mexico/Mexico
border. 

 

This is what I'm guessing is the pros/cons, but any other tips/info would be
appreciated.

 

*     Columbus: Easy to get in and out of, but not so scenic and lots of
road walking. 

*     Antelope Wells: Hard to get to, fairly scenic and dirt roads. 

*     Big Hatchet: Extremely hard to get to, scenic. 

 

In short, it seems that the better the scenery, the more remote the
starting/ending point is. Am I wrong

 





  _____  

AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from
AOL at
<http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=ht
tp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom> AOL.com.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/cdt-l/attachments/20070228/c4dfd0ae/attachment.html