Caliente Mountain

Very cool views of Carrizo Plain to north and San Rafael Mtn range to south.  Long 17 mile slog but not a lot of elevation

Entering from the north (hwy 58) there is about 12 miles of unpaved road as you get closer to the TH. It is rough but

This was my final hike to close out this six pack. I didn’t think I was going to get it done by the end of

Somehow Caliente Mountain dodged the storm! After keeping an eye out on the weather, we decided to give it a go! And what an epic

We got to the trailhead at 9am. We thought that the road up to the trailhead would be rough with a lot of rills, but

No map except the outline topography on AllTrails. Also site said this was a 16.7 mile hike. I recorded 19 miles. There was a lot