Progress: Silver City, NM to Grants, NM via Gila National Wilderness and El Malpais Conservation Area
Mileage: 240
Left Silver City at 08:00 and headed up into Gila Wilderness. First stop was the Catwalks Trailhead for a hike into a canyon on catwalks and back on the shallow river.
Next a precarious drive up to Mogollon, an old mining ghost town from the late 1800’s.
Back through the wilderness with a stop in the little town of Reserve for lunch.
In the afternoon took NM-117, the scenic route skirting El Malpais (Badlands) to the east, with photo stops along the way. Finally reached Grants for the evening.
Hiking on the river
