NEW MEXICO LOOKOUTS
JICARITA PEAK
Taos County
Pecos National Forest > Carson National Forest
Pecos National Forest > Carson National Forest
August 19, 1914: "The average person, unaccustomed to the high mountain country above timber line, imagines it an uninhabited wilderness of rocks and crags with no form of life other than an occasional aerie in possession of eagles. A trip to the summit of Jicarita peak, a forest service fire lookout station on the northern part of the Pecos national forest would dispel this impression. The station can hardly be occupied before the middle of June, owing to huge snowdrifts that remain practically impassable until that time and it is even then necessary to ride or climb over packed drifts many feet in depth.
The trail, built by the forest service, climbs through dense stands of spruce along turbulent streams of cold snow water, and then along ridges where it is almost impossible to see for over one hundred feet in any direction unless one looks up the avenue hewed out for the trail by forest guards." (Albuquerque Journal - by: Paul P. Pitchlynn)
The trail, built by the forest service, climbs through dense stands of spruce along turbulent streams of cold snow water, and then along ridges where it is almost impossible to see for over one hundred feet in any direction unless one looks up the avenue hewed out for the trail by forest guards." (Albuquerque Journal - by: Paul P. Pitchlynn)
