Hike Leader: Dana Price
Hike Date: September 18, 2020
Photo: Dana Price
Hike leader with a summit smile!
Stacey, Sonja and I met at the hiker parking Friday and hiked the ~10 mi together to tiny No Fish lake where we found Roberto.
No Fish Lake
Photo: Dana P.
Photo: Dana P.
Saturday morning we left camp at 8, hiked up the saddle between N. Truchas and Chimayosos, and off-trail up N. Truchas. Saw a bunch of bighorns on the tundra slopes. Stacey wasn’t feeling good so she returned to camp while the 3 of us scrambled down the ridge connecting N and “medio” Truchas. A helpful cairn marks the spot to get off the ridge line into a saddle between the peaks. From there it was class 3 scrambling to get up to the “medio” Truchas (unnamed on the Pecos wilderness map, it’s the lower, middle peak of the group). Then it’s straightforward though sometimes steep & rocky class 2 hiking to the West and then South Truchas peaks. From there we descended south along the ridge until meeting the Skyline Trail, which took us back north at lower elevation. We passed by the Truchas lakes and caught an unofficial trail back to the saddle between N Truchas and Chimayosos.
View toward Chimayosos Peak on ascent to North Truchas
Photo: Dana P.
Tanja and Roberto on North Truchas
Photo: Dana P.
Photo: Dana P.
Lunch break on Skyline Trail
Photo: Dana P.
Truchas Lake
Photo: Dana P.
We didn’t go up Chimayosos but returned to camp at 4. The two fast hikers had been contemplating extra time at home and hiked out that evening while Stacey and I enjoyed another evening in camp and leisurely hike out Sunday morning
Headwaters of stream feeding No Fish Lake
Photo: Dana P.