Ojito Wilderness Hoodoos Trail in Ojito Wilderness Area, NM

Hike Ojito Wilderness Hoodoos Trail Ojito Wilderness Area, NM

Class 1 3.6 miles 400 gain 2-4 hrs Out + Back Oct 8, 2018
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The Hoodoos Trail is one of a few official trails in the Ojito Wilderness. The trail starts along a doubletrack through the meadow to access the wilderness area. Austin and I passed a few sections of interesting rock formations and hoodoos, cool cliff faces, and colorful badlands. The trail is marked by cairns and sometimes not super easy to follow, but the trail roughly parallels the base of the mesa to the west. We decided to turn around when we got to a hoodoo shaped kind of like a ship, with a nice overlook into the badlands to the north. We seemed to have passed most of the cool stuff at this point, though apparently the trail does continue.

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Starting along a doubletrack through the meadow to access the Ojito Wilderness.
Starting along a doubletrack through the meadow to access the Ojito Wilderness.
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A small section of hoodoos along the route.
A small section of hoodoos along the route.
The trail isn't super obvious, but you basically just follow the perimeter of the mesa until you want to turn around.
The trail isn't super obvious, but you basically just follow the perimeter of the mesa until you want to turn around.
Approaching the large section of hoodoos.
Approaching the large section of hoodoos.
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Pretty hoodoos.
Pretty hoodoos.
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The trail continues for a while, and there are some nice views, but we turned around when the most interesting stuff had seemed to fade out.
The trail continues for a while, and there are some nice views, but we turned around when the most interesting stuff had seemed to fade out.
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A rock formation that looked like a ship - our turn-around point.
A rock formation that looked like a ship - our turn-around point.

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