Hiked up Las Conchas Canyon, parking at MM37 on NM4, with a friend. The barbed wire crossing was easier than I remembered, especially with someone to help hold down the top strand!
The stream was running in the canyon with lots of miniature "waterfalls" tumbling down canyon. We saw cows grazing. There were mushy places where my feet got wet - my shoes don't have a Gore-Tex lining but that was OK.
This was my 4th time in Las Conchas Canyon but I really have no better idea of how to negotiate the upper part of the canyon that connects with the Calzada Trail. It's not a well traveled canyon except maybe by cows in the summer and cross country skiers in the winter. The lower part mostly has a definite trail but the upper canyon splits at several places giving too many choices of where to go although some are clogged by deadfall.
We followed the "trail" as best we could and eventually ended up at a well-stamped-down real trail that shortly led us over to the Calzada Trail. I made some brush cairns - perhaps I'll take another crack at Las Conchas Canyon one day, starting from the Calzada Trail.
We went back to Corral Canyon on the Calzada Trail and walked .7 mile back to my car. Along the way, my friend pointed out a bear crossing the road. It was fairly distant but seemed to look toward us before somehow getting over the barbed wire fence and running across the meadow to the sheltering forest - neat sighting!!
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