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 Post subject: Dinking around in the Chiracahuas (Coronado Natl Forest, AZ)
PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:20 pm 
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My wife and I went on a very easy trip by ourselves in the southern part of the Chiracahua Mountains, part of the Coronado National Forest in southern AZ.

This is just going off onto Forest Roads off of Tex Canyon Road, which is a good dirt road. This is good for (1) being by yourself, like we were, without worrying about getting into trouble or (2) a stock KJ/KK with real tires. In fact we saw a KJ headed into one of the roads as we were headed out. Tex Canyon Road is a piece of cake, but there is some challenge on the Forest Roads. It's pretty there. Last year there was a big forest fire there, which is evident from some of the pix.

On this trip we learned the lesson to check the O-rings on your fuel cans every time. One of the cans didn't want to seal and later leaked like crazy. Inspecting the stopper it turned out the O-ring was missing. Fortunately we had it as it had stuck to the pour spout, so it was an easy fix.


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 Post subject: Re: Dinking around in the Chiracahuas (Coronado Natl Forest,
PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:45 am 
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I was down there a few years ago. It is a pretty area. How much burned?

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 Post subject: Re: Dinking around in the Chiracahuas (Coronado Natl Forest,
PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:13 pm 
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Hello ABQKJ,

How much is burned depends on where you go.

We were at Chirachahua National Monument in the NW region of the mountains before the fire and have not been back since. That area is especially nice. Reports are it got torched:

http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2012/01/whats-word-chiricahua-national-monument-after-last-summers-major-wildfire9373

http://www.nps.gov/chir/naturescience/horseshoe-two-fire-2011.htm

The area we visited yesterday is quite a bit farther south and was not so badly damaged. There's plenty of evidence of fire, but it's not like the whole area is a post-apocalyptic landscape.

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 Post subject: Re: Dinking around in the Chiracahuas (Coronado Natl Forest,
PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:23 pm 
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I am glad that some of it is still there. I didn't get to spend much time hiking around the last time I was there. I plan on going back.

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