I've gone to Pajarito Mountain thrice this week. Once on Sunday with spouse. He made it to the 4 way intersection at the antenna farm which is good since usually he only makes it to just past the Townsight Lift, at the intersection where a minor side road goes over to Evershine.
The fall colors were much improved since last week. I want to see as much glorious gold aspen as I can so I went again on Monday and again on Wednesday,
On Wednesday, I went up the western side, sticking to the Logging Road. I call it the Logging Road from the ski lodge to Bruce's Blvd., near the Terrain Park and the Mother Lift, but the Pajarito Mountain bike map shows it as Road O from the lodge until it intersects Road 1, a minor side road, and then it becomes the Logging Road. It makes more sense to call it one name from bottom to top since it's one continuous road.
The Logging Road takes you through a badly burnt part of Pajarito Mountain. There were big red signs with white lettering that said "Please Stay Out" but I continued up the road anyway and was soon out of the vertical charcoal. I'm quite sure that last week those signs said "Please Use Caution" which was contradictory since the signs had a hiker, a bicyclist and a horse rider in a crossed out circle. Bet someone made the signs wrong and the ski area now has the correct signs up.
At the top, didn't bother going to the back of the mountain but instead took Bruce's Blvd. over to past the Lone Spruce Lift (the ski area is working hard to get that lift operational after it was damaged by the Las Conchas fire) and then walked on Zero Road East down to my car . Zero Road East appears on the bike map as Lower East Road and Upper East Road but the signs at the ski area say Zero Road East.
I plan to one day walk the eastern side of the mountain, starting up the Oxbow Road and swinging around on Evershine Ridge. I want to walk Pajarito a lot before the snows (hopefully) come.
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