Tsoodził Loop: an exploration of Mt. Taylor and the CDT

[SEC]

Our friend put together a sweet route out at Mt. Taylor in NM.  The riding on the CDT and Gooseberry Trails is TOP NOTCH.  Super ridable and fun.  There is a lot of room for exploration.  There are two reliable water sources to plan around: the Ojo Piedra Spring in the San Mateo Canyon, and a spring only marked "Spring" on USGS but easy to find:  where Lobo Canyon meets FSR 193 about a mile N of the Gooseberry TH, the CDT intersects the road and will lead you to spring markers.  Both are marked on the attached map (if I can attach it).  Here is a trip report: http://southwestbackcountry.blogspot.com/2017/06/tsoodzi-loop-exploration-of-mt-taylor.html
Lemme know if you have any questions- it's a suer sweet area.   

[offroute]

Thank you!

[Smo]

This looks awesome! I've been looking for more excuses to head over to New Mexico and this route loops great. Not only that, but I have a friend in Grants whose house is right on the route path! I'll definitely have to make that a long weekend, probably next summer since I suspect Taylor is getting some snow this weekend.