Name: Magdalena Mountains - Two Night Car Camp - Water Canyon Campground
Start: 2024-06-14T12:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-06-16T14:30:00-06:00

**PLEASE READ ENTIRE EVENT DESCRIPTION BEFORE SIGNING UP.**

**By signing up for this event you agree to the liability waiver and understand your hosts are volunteers with no responsibility for your safety or level of fitness to complete the event.**

The Water Canyon Campground is located at an elevation of 6,800 feet in the Magdalena Mountains, on Hwy 60 between Socorro and Magdalena. We have the group site reserved.

This is a Friday afternoon start, returning Sunday. The campsite has picnic tables, fire ring, and vault toilets, nothing more. Despite its name, there is no water available so we will need to bring plenty with us.

**Please DO NOT sign up to participate in this event just to hold your space. ONLY sign up if you can commit to Friday and Saturday nights**. We are trying to avoid last minute cancellations.

We are allowing just two well-behaved dogs on this event. The dogs must be kept on a leash or respond well to voice command. Once you sign up please let us know in the comment section if you are bringing a dog.

We have already scoped out the area. There is about a ten-yard section of the road that is a bit bumpy. A sedan should handle it with slow driving. If you are willing to drive, please let us know in the comment section and how many people can carpool with you. It is just a little over 200 miles round trip. Drivers should be reimbursed by carpoolers at the state mileage rate of $0.45 per mile, $90 per car, including the driver. If there is a carpool group that needs to leave later than 12:00pm, please mention it in the comments.

The campground website is: [Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands - Water Canyon Campground (usda.gov)](https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/cibola/recarea/?recid=64076)

This event is EXPLORATORY which means you must be comfortable with backtracking, getting off trail, and wandering around figuring out where we are supposed to be. Exploratory means we've never been on this hike. We will hike at a pace of about 1.5-2 miles an hour.

This event is limited to 8 people. Each of the drivers will make their own loading and departing arrangements with the people they are carpooling with, so departure time is approximate, and the departure location is at the will of the driver. Please be willing to wear a mask at the request of your driver.

If there are some ladies that just want to come for the camping experience and not hike, please let us know in the comment section.

**Itinerary**:
Friday:
Arrive in the afternoon, set up camp and do some exploring.

Saturday:
We will hit the trail no later than 8:00 am.

[North and South Baldy Loop\, New Mexico \- 16 Reviews\, Map \| AllTrails](https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-mexico/north-south-baldy-loop)

This hike is challenging. We will use this map to get to North Baldy but not continue on to South Baldy, so this will be an out and back hike. It is 10 miles with a little over 2900' elevation gain. North Baldy Peak is 9853'. You should do some conditioning before this event.

Sunday:
Leisurely pack up and head out by noon.

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