Chrircahua Mtns., Arizona

[Tucson T4R]

Here are a few shots from my trip to the Chiricahua mountains in SE Arizona last weekend. We even came across a flock of wild turkeys. They are in the process of repopulating the mountain range with turkeys from Mexico. They have blue faces (and spoke spanish of course).

Heading out:

Camp

Echo Canyon hike in Chrircahua National Monument

Wild Turkeys

 

[Ursidae69]

I love the Chiris, great mountain range. Great shots of the turkeys too. :yikes:

 

[LexusAllTerrain]

Wow! nice set of pictures; nice trailer and great area!

:26_16_2: :26_16_2: :1888fbbd:

 

[seth_js]

Sweet! I am heading out to the Chiricahuas for the first time at the end of May. Can't wait.

Those turkeys don't seem to mind people.

 

[Tucson T4R]

Sweet! I am heading out to the Chiricahuas for the first time at the end of May. Can't wait.

Those turkeys don't seem to mind people.

The Turkeys are being transplanted from Mexico to repopulate the area. They are currently protected so they havn't been hunted. Thats probably why they don't seem to mind being approached.

The National Monument is on the North end of the range. That's where we were hiking in Echo canyon. We camped about 30 mins south of there in Western slope canyon called Turkey Creek. Let me know if you want any more details like GPS coords or anything else. Happy to help.

Here's a link to the Photobucket album for the rest of the pictures.

http://s103.photobucket.com/albums/m125/bgarland40/07 Chiricahua Mtns/

 

[detailbarn]

Tucson T4R , great pictures thanks for sharing , I'm curious as to what type of trailer you have there?

 

[crawler#976]

..there is so much to see down in the SE corner of AZ and into SW NM! Gotta love the Islands in the Sky.

Indeed, those are not the typical AZ turkeys we see up north. We have the Merriam's spieces in the Prescott, Williams, Flagstaff area. Here's an artical from AZGFD:

http://www.azgfd.gov/artman/publish/article_459.shtml

 

[articulate]

I have to ask . . . what's in that yellow Scepter can? Is it feeding fuel to something?

 

[seth_js]

The National Monument is on the North end of the range. That's where we were hiking in Echo canyon. We camped about 30 mins south of there in Western slope canyon called Turkey Creek. Let me know if you want any more details like GPS coords or anything else. Happy to help.
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Hell yeah I'll take some routes and coords.

 

[kcowyo]

Nice photos.

I know some turkeys in Arizona myself.....:REOutShootinghunter

 

[Tucson T4R]

I have to ask . . . what's in that yellow Scepter can? Is it feeding fuel to something?

Yepper. :luxhello: The King Kamper has a Webasto Diesel heater in it. The night temps were in the high 30s and it was my wife's first trip in the camper.The heater pumps directly from the Scepter can. 5 gals will run the heater for aprox 110 hours. Pretty sweet. I ran it at night while we slept and kept the tented area around 60 degrees not even running very hard.

 

[Tucson T4R]

Tucson T4R , great pictures thanks for sharing , I'm curious as to what type of trailer you have there?

It's called a King Kamper. They are made in Australia. Here's a website. Let me know if you have more questions...I love it.

www.kingkampers.com

Here's a local link with more pictures and discussions.

http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2398&page=5

 

[Tucson T4R]

Hell yeah I'll take some routes and coords.

Here are some map images:

Turkey Creek Camp

Echo Canyon Loop Hike

Waypoints:

Camp Site N31 51.240 W109 19.703
Echo Canyon Trailhead N32 00.731 W109 18.954
National Monument Turn off N32 00.443 W109 26.403
Turkey Creek Turn Off N31 52.548 W109 29.472
I can't figure out how to attach the GDP or GPX track logs. I'll send them to you in an email. :088:

 

[Tucson T4R]

..there is so much to see down in the SE corner of AZ and into SW NM! Gotta love the Islands in the Sky.

Indeed, those are not the typical AZ turkeys we see up north. We have the Merriam's spieces in the Prescott, Williams, Flagstaff area. Here's an artical from AZGFD:

http://www.azgfd.gov/artman/publish/article_459.shtml

Thanks for the AZGFD article. I didn't know they also released turkeys in the Catalina mountains just North of Tucson. Very cool. :jump:

 

[Jonathan Hanson]

Brad, that is a fantastic combination you have with the 4Runner and trailer. Roseann perked up at the mention of the Webasto.

The Chiricahua range is one of Arizona's natural gems. Anyone else who wants more information can find a bit here:

http://outside.away.com/outside/magazine/0299/9902arizona.html

You could spend months exploring the area and not see a fraction of it.