Husband seems to think the group was overextending themselves by climbing on all the slippery rocks. Maybe now they should be called the WRSC Friskies? The hike wasn't very long - probably less than 2 miles. It was a long drive for a short hike but since I did 7 miles on Thursday, I didn't complain. Plaza Blanca still had some trees in full yellow color since it's lower in altitude. Yellow leaves against white rock turrets makes for pretty photos! We all ate lunch at the Abiquiu Inn. I had blue corn tortilla trout tacos - delish!
Walked Zero Road East to the back of Pajarito Mountain this afternoon. I looked across Los Alamos Canyon for any trace of the Knapp Trail. One of the WRSC Hikers knows someone who volunteered for the trail workshop and says the forest service drove the volunteers in on the Reservoir Road so they must have roughed in the trail starting from the bottom of LA Canyon.
Next time, it would be nice to go to the top of the Aspen Lift for 1,240' elevation gain and 2.6 miles one way. As Nike says, just do it!!