9의 산안드레스 산맥가지 명소 & 주요 장소

As you ascend the high desert the views start to open up around you. From here you are around halfway to the pass!

The trail is well marked, well maintained, and runs along an easy route that parallels the foot of the mountains. There is a vast network of trails you can connect to if you wish. Some parts of the trail are rocky must mostly it is a well packed dirt singletrack through the cacti with gorgeous views of the desert and the mountains. There is a gravel lot at the trailhead.

The trail up to the saddle has some easy scrambling. From here on to Organ Needle you will pass the crux, a small steep scramble with a rope to help hikers up and down. If you are reasonably fit and comfortable with easy scrambling then don't let the crux deter you! It is quite manageable and the rewards from the summit are well worth it.

There is an old building at the spring that used to be a part of the Ruby Mine. From here the trail gets a little bit steeper as you head up the second half of the road to the mine.

Here the ruins of Ruby (Hayner) Mine lay strewn about the end of the trail — old pieces of machinery, buildings, and abandoned mineshafts. This is one of five mines in the National Monument, though its history seems mostly lost to time.

There is an open mine shaft at the end of the doubletrack road. The trail that runs past the turnoff becomes a singletrack and heads up the mountain to the South Comfort Wall, a local rock climbing destination.

If you come at the right time you can expect to see lots of rushing natural waterfalls emerging from the rock face. The views of the Organ Mountains from this little, secluded valley make it an absolute gem.

As you climb, the views out across the desert become increasingly expansive. There is a creek crossing at Sotol Creek near the high point of the climb.