Community Trips
Crest Trail (No. 25), White Mountain Wilderness, Lincoln County, New Mexico




Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States
23 miles
23 miles
This was a one-day, end-to-end hike on the Crest Trail in the White Mountain Wilderness near Ruidoso, NM.Highs: Many panoramic views from the crest.Lows: Rained for the last three hours!Most of the attached photos record the location of trail junctions, water sources, and good tent sites for future. overnight trips.
Nogal is a short, relatively easy hike with a big payoff in the White Mountain Wilderness near Ruidoso, New Mexico. A forest service road gets you close to the top. A steep 1.5 mile hike puts you on the summit. Nogal is the pointy peak that stands alone at the north end of the Crest Trail, and the unobstructed panoramas from the top are outstanding.Because this hike is so short, it's a...
This is a good round trip hike: up T 12, Telephone Canyon, across part of T 25, Crest Trail, down T16, Miner's Road, and back along T 77, North Eagle Creek. A 6 mile hike, the 2000 ft ascent is most all on T 12. The remaining 4 miles is close to level or descending on the Miner's Road trail. As always, we took our two Spaniels along (carried a little h20 for...
Crest Trail (No. 25), White Mountain Wilderness, Lincoln county, New Mexico
Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States
23 miles
23 miles
This was a one-day, end-to-end hike on the Crest Trail beginning at the Nogal trailhead and ending at the Monjeau trailhead. The hike took just under 10 hours.
Argentine-Crest-Bonito Trails---White Mountain Wilderness, New Mexico
Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States
13.2 miles
13.2 miles