First NM Mountain Club Wednesday hike since late June. A very short hike, ~ 3 miles round trip, to a very familiar spot on the East side of the Sandias: Palomas Cliffs.
Palomas means doves in Spanish and refers to the limestone bands seen on the cliffs.
See posts 8/5/18 and 7/18/15 for pictures of the cliffs.
Palomas means doves in Spanish and refers to the limestone bands seen on the cliffs.
See posts 8/5/18 and 7/18/15 for pictures of the cliffs.
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nstead of relaxing on the beautiful lower edges of the cliffs, we headed towards the top of the cliffs, curiously named Palomas Peak.
nstead of relaxing on the beautiful lower edges of the cliffs, we headed towards the top of the cliffs, curiously named Palomas Peak.
Short side trip to find a Medallion tree. The medallions are identification markers placed on very old trees. Apparently, in the 1920s an unknown person took a core sample ancient trees, dated them, and placed a marker on the tree, 84 of them in total.
The tree above started as a seedling the year Mississippi became the 20th state.
It's fall: mushroom season!
An oyster mushroom found on the side of the trail. A little dry; will be delicious rehydrated.
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