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Backpacking the Apache Kid Wilderness | Vics Peak & West Blue Mountain

Please check out Layne's amazing YouTube channel for all sorts of stunning backpacking adventures throughout the U.S. - ‪@LayneComfort‬ This is a 4-day backpacking trip in the Apache Kid Wilderness in southern New Mexico. The Apache Kid Wilderness is one of two wilderness areas in the San Mateo Mountains (also called the "South San Mateo Mountains"), comprising the southern half of the range, while the Withington Wilderness comprises the northern half. They are an extremely rugged mountain range - steep canyons, volcanic pinnacles, sparse and unpredictable water sources, fire damage, and unmaintained and overgrown trails challenge potential visitors. The Apache Kid Wilderness holds many secrets and lost memories. Victorio, an Apache leader, lived just south in Ojo Caliente. The Apache Kid, or perhaps fellow Apache scout Massai, was supposedly killed near Cyclone Saddle. Furthermore, the 2020 Vics Peak fire raged through the Wilderness, destroying trails and historic features alike. You are not likely to encounter anyone in the Apache Kid Wilderness aside from, perhaps, a Grand Enchantment Trail thru hiker or a day hiker heading towards the San Mateo Peak fire tower. The San Mateos are a sky island range, having significantly more moisture and cooler climate than the surrounding dry regions. From the spruce and aspen flanked summits of its highest peaks, one can look down at the yucca-dotted desert valley along the Rio Grande 6000' below. Several ranked mountains anchor this wilderness, though most have forested summits: Piñon Mountain, Apache Kid Peak, San Mateo Mountain, San Mateo Peak (No. 142 on NM Prominence List), Vics (or Vic's or Vick's) Peak (No. 91 on NM Prominence List), and West Blue Mountain (No. 16 on NM Prominence List, No. 28 on NM Isolation List). Personally, I found myself drawn to this range when I saw the dramatic cliffy southern flanks of Vic's Peak one day driving northbound on I-25. I couldn't believe that my journey to the summit of this beautiful peak was complete after over a decade. This range is a surreal one, and it feels like it has many secrets, most of which are lost to time, but there are still some left for those with the will to find. It is likely I got some things wrong in my retelling of some of the historic aspects of the area. Most of it was from memory based on a book I had read a few months earlier (https://www.fortstanton.org/shop/the-... ). I checked this book out from the library, so it was not on-hand while I fact-checked my statements for this video, but I highly recommend the book. I (finally!) found the image of the erstwhile Apache Kid gravesite marker on this blog http://blog.truewestmagazine.com/2016... . Other trips in the area:    • Hiking Timber Mountain Near Truth or Conse...      • A Quick Visit to Mount Withington after Cl...      • Unexpected Snow at South Baldy - New Mexic...   Music by me - "Eskiminzin"