T16

T16
Miner's Road Trail

Smokey Bear Ranger District

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White Mountain Wilderness Trails

T12, T15, T16, T18, T19, T20, T20, T24, T77, and T78 are shown as black dashed lines on the map.
The solid blue line is the border of the White Mountain Wilderness. The solid green line is
T25 Crest Trail. The red over black dashes indicates that the trail is badly damaged and has
been closed to the public by Forest Service order.

LENGTH:
2.8 miles

ELEVATION:
8160 - 9200 ft
1040 ft
difference

DIFFICULTY:
Difficult

SCENIC
RATING:
?

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Contour Interval: 40 feet
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Full Topo Map

Route Color Codes	paved roads (red)		FS roads, open (blue)		FS roads, closed or impassable (magenta)
	main trail(s) (black dashes)	---	connector trail(s) (green dashes)	---	damaged or intermittent trail(s) (orange over black dashes)	---	closed trails(s) (red over black dashes)	---
Symbols	trailhead (blue triangle)		trail junction (blue dot)		trail end (blue square)

This trail has been badly damaged by the Little Bear Fire and subsequently heavy rains. It has been closed to the public by Forest Service order, and it may never reopen.

DESCRIPTION:

T16 Miner's Road Trail is not in the 2002 Edition of Trail Guide: Lincoln National Forest, and I have not hiked it. A handout from the Forest Service describes it as DIFFICULT. Because hikers must leave their vehicle at the locked gate, the hike is 1.2 miles longer than than actual T16 distance. Total distance 2.8 + 1.2 = 4.0 miles.

ACCESS:

To access the lower end of T16 from Smokey Bear Ranger District Office in Ruidoso, drive NM48 north 4.2 miles to the junction of NM532, Ski Run Highway. Turn left and follow paved NM532 2.5 miles to the junction of Forest Road FR127A, Eagle Creek Road. Turn right and drive the largely graveled and narrow FR127 1.4 miles to the locked gate to the Eagle Creek area. Park and hike 0.8 miles to the trailhead for T77 near Eagle Creek Lodge. Hike 0.4 miles up T77 to the lower trailhead for T16.

To reach T16 from its junction with T25, Crest Trail, drive NM532 0.9 mile from the intersection of NM532 and NM48 to the junction of FR117, Monjeau Lookout Road, and turn right. Follow this mostly graveled route 5.0 miles to a junction on the left, a short road to the T25 trailhead. Hike T25 1.6 mile to the junction with T16.

LOCATION(S) OF ACCESS POINT(S)

	Lat/Lon hddd mm ss.s	UTM/NAD83
Junction of T16 and T25	N33 25 28.7 W105 45 25.7	13 S 429612 3698620
Lower Trailhead	N33 24 52.2 W105 45 09.4	13 S 430025 3697494

Last Hiked: Not Hiked	Web Page Updated:February 4, 2014
Copyright Lynn Melton 2014	Contact: LNFTG14@gmail.com