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Trail 101, Upper Nambe Trail
 
Length: 1/2 mile
Difficulty: Light
Use: Moderate
Seasons: Spring, summer and fall
Highest and Lowest Points: 10,000 feet to 10,400 feet
Trail Access: Trail 101, Upper Nambe Trail, intersects with the
Winsor Trail 254 about one half mile east of the turn off to Nambe
Lake and the crossing of the upper Rio Nambe. After crossing the
Rio Nambe, Trail 254 heads north along a hillside through heavy
aspen and fir. The turnoff to Trail 101 comes just about where the
trail turns east again toward Puerto Nambe. It is signed, well used,
and an easy turnoff to locate.
USGS Maps: Aspen Basin, Pecos Wilderness Map (2003 edition)
Description:
The Upper Nambe Trail serves as a shortcut from popular Winsor
Trail 254 to the Rio Nambe. The trail is a pleasant meandering
hike downhill through a thick stand of aspen and meadows down
to the junction with the Rio Nambe
Trail 160. From here one can hike upstream or downstream
along the Rio Nambe, but a short hike downstream from this
junction will bring you to the meadows of La Vega, a popular
camping spot just below the shoulders of Santa Fe Baldy.
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Notes:
 The
Upper Nambe Trail offers a number of opportunities close to
the trailhead. It provides day hikers the opportunity to make
a loop hike to the high meadows of Puerto Nambe and to return
without backtracking the whole way.
It
offers an easier route to the Rio Nambe than the much steeper
Lower Nambe Trail 403. Additionally, this trail allows a visitor
to get away from the large number of Winsor Trail users, without
having to get far into the Wilderness. |
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