Hey everyone....I am new to this forum, but it looks like it could be another great resource in my hiking endeavors.
This next weekend (June 26-28), I will likely be hiking Sierra Grande (Union County, NM's COHP). I have done research at surgent.net, cohp.org, and summitpost.org and have decided I would prefer to try the public access route on the east side. I arrived at this decision because my 4WD Explorer may not be up to the challenge of the "summit road" (at least the conditions that were reported in 2002-2004). However, the route from the east is barely discernible off of the aerials on Google Earth once you get further from US/64.
Therefore, does anyone have any advice or newer information (the latest I've found is 2004) on this approach? Any waypoints/photos/etc. taken at points along this public access would be greatly appreciated...
I will likely be posting some trip reports @ cohp.org in the coming weeks of my hikes to several NM COHP's last weekend as conditions on some of the roads in those areas differ from reports that are 5-6 years old as well.
Thanks!
Lee