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Guadalupe Ruins
April 13, 2019 @ 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Contact Leader(s): Mike Myers, 505-620-4525, michaelsmyers1942@gmail.com with any questions.
RESULTS: Twelve volunteers worked on 0.25 miles of trail and built stone steps up to the ruin.
April 13 @ 7:00 am – 4:30 pm
Contact Project Leader: Mike Myers at michael_myers@ q.com, 505-620-4525 to sign up.
Difficulty: 2 Pulaskis
Please consider joining us on Saturday, April 13th for a one day project at Guadalupe Ruin. The work site is approximately a 2-hour drive from Albuquerque, and we need to be at the site no later than 9 am. More information about the area can be found at https://www.blm.gov/visit/guadalupe-ruin. Guadalupe Ruin, the easternmost Chacoan Outlier, is a single-story masonry pueblo situated on an isolated sandstone mesa rising nearly 200 feet above the valley floor. The top of the mesa is isolated by sheer walls on all sides, with access to the top restricted to a narrow trail. We’ll be installing water control structures and doing some trail reconstruction. The existing trail is approximately 1/8-1/4 mile long from the parking area to the ruins.
There is the possibility of arriving on Friday evening to camp the day before the project. However, it will be PRIMITIVE camping on Mesa Chivato.
You must contact the project leader, Mike Myers for essential information about preparing for and planning transportation. We will meet at the Home Depot in Rio Rancho to carpool in high clearance vehicles. Park in the far north side of the parking lot near US 550.