MT. WITHINGTON TRAIL

16-mile Backpack

Description Hike the two trails that pass through the Whitington Wilderness in the San Mateo Mountains located southwest of Magdalena, NM. These trails offer beautiful scenery and challenges your map and compass skills to follow the little used trails. The trail follows Potato Canyon to the ridge and Mt. Withington Lookout. It then returns through Water Canyon.

Difficulty Difficult

Comments Hike the two trails that pass through the Whitington Wilderness in the San Mateo Mountains located southwest of Magdalena, NM. These trails offer beautiful scenery and challenges your map and compass skills to follow the little used trails. The trail follows Potato Canyon to the ridge and Mt. Withington Lookout. It then returns through Water Canyon.

To Earn
Feather Hike trail as described.

Maps Cibola National Forest -- Magdalena District. USGS: Mt. Withington, Grassy Lookout

Trail From Forest Service Trail 38 Trail Head (located on Forest Road 56 in Big Rosa Canyon) (6.0 mi.) -> Forest Road 138 (0.6 mi.) -> Forest Road 138B (0.2 mi.) -> Mt. Withington (0.2 mi.) -> Forest Road 138 (2.0 mi.) -> Forest Trail 37 (4.5 mi.) -> Forest Road 56 (2.9 mi.) -> End (Trail Head for 38). (See map)

Elevation
Profile

Transportation
Requirements From Magdalena, take NM 107 about 16 miles to Forest Road 52. Follow FR 52 about 3 miles to FR 56. The Trail 38 trail head is about 2.8 miles for the FR 52-FR 56 intersection.

VEREDAS DE LAS MONTANAS SERIES
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Last updated: November 11, 1998

Description	Hike the two trails that pass through the Whitington Wilderness in the San Mateo Mountains located southwest of Magdalena, NM. These trails offer beautiful scenery and challenges your map and compass skills to follow the little used trails. The trail follows Potato Canyon to the ridge and Mt. Withington Lookout. It then returns through Water Canyon.
Difficulty	Difficult
Comments	Hike the two trails that pass through the Whitington Wilderness in the San Mateo Mountains located southwest of Magdalena, NM. These trails offer beautiful scenery and challenges your map and compass skills to follow the little used trails. The trail follows Potato Canyon to the ridge and Mt. Withington Lookout. It then returns through Water Canyon.
To Earn Feather	Hike trail as described.
Maps	Cibola National Forest -- Magdalena District. USGS: Mt. Withington, Grassy Lookout
Trail	From Forest Service Trail 38 Trail Head (located on Forest Road 56 in Big Rosa Canyon) (6.0 mi.) -> Forest Road 138 (0.6 mi.) -> Forest Road 138B (0.2 mi.) -> Mt. Withington (0.2 mi.) -> Forest Road 138 (2.0 mi.) -> Forest Trail 37 (4.5 mi.) -> Forest Road 56 (2.9 mi.) -> End (Trail Head for 38). (See map)
Elevation Profile
Transportation Requirements	From Magdalena, take NM 107 about 16 miles to Forest Road 52. Follow FR 52 about 3 miles to FR 56. The Trail 38 trail head is about 2.8 miles for the FR 52-FR 56 intersection.