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Mesa Trail 13 (Magdalena RD)
Contact Leader(s): Rob Selina, r.selina@nmvfo.org; Nick Tenorio, n.tenorio@nmvfo.org with any questions.
Description: Come join us in the beautiful Magdalena mountains for a day project on the popular Mesa Trail #13. The focus of this project is trail maintenance and navigation improvement on the older and newer parts of the trail. We will be removing 15-20 small to medium to small deadfall, brushing back the corridor, and building cairns in key locations on the far end of the trail. https://www.hikingproject.com/
Please bring: Volunteers will need to bring long pants, long-sleeve shirts, safety glasses (sunglasses), gloves, water (2L minimum), and lunch/snacks for the day. Hard hats and tools will be provided, and will need to be carried up.
Camping: While this is a day project, we have reserved the Water Canyon group area for Friday & Saturday for those coming from out of town that may want to tent camp. There is a nice group shelter and about 8 or so unofficial spots to pitch a tent. Note that the road going to the group area can be a little rough for passenger cars, so higher clearance vehicles recommended (2wd pickup, SUV, Subaru type crossovers vehicles, etc). If you’re interested in camping in the group area, please reach out to Rob & Nick directly. Note that there is also the official Water Canyon Campground available via reservation via recreation.gov website: https://www.
Location: We will meet at the Mesa Trail parking area at 8AM to start hiking up. https://maps.app.goo.gl/
Difficulty: 
with 1,800′ elevation climb, and 8.6 mile distance round trip. Note that not all of us will need to hike the full distance, and some of the work will be 4-5 miles round trip.
Group size: 15
Closing date for sign-ups is May 28. More details will be sent to participants as we get closer.
Please read our Volunteer Guidelines before signing up for this project. On the signup form please leave the "Number of Volunteers" at 1. If you would like to sign up additional volunteers please submit multiple signups.