Real de Catorce to Alamitos, via Wadley and San Jose de Coronados.
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Miles |
Km. |
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0.0 |
0.0 |
Real de Catorce Plaza. Take Calle Allende down three blocks and keep right at Y. Continue on jeep road to Estacion Catorce. |
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0.3 |
0.5 |
Leaving Real de Catorce. Continue downhill – four-wheel drive recommended. |
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0.4 |
0.6 |
Cross on rocks above the road - four-wheel drive required. |
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0.5 |
0.8 |
Narrow bridge above Socavon La Purima mine. |
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0.9 |
1.4 |
Road to left. Entrance to Socavon La Purisma mine. |
|
1.9 |
3.1 |
Entering village of Los Catorce. |
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2.2 |
3.5 |
Primary school on left. |
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2.3 |
3.7 |
Trail left goes to church and continues on up a side canyon to El Chicle. Good view of the church after crossing the next bridge. |
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2.7 |
4.3 |
Trail to left down to the lower end of Los Catorce. |
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3.5 |
5.6 |
Arroyo crossing. Watch for washout after rains. |
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4.5 |
7.2 |
Village of Carretas. Store on left. |
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4.7 |
7.6 |
Pavement begins. |
|
7.1 |
11.4 |
Turn left at highway intersection at Estacion Catorce. |
|
12.7 |
20.4 |
Wadley. |
|
12.8 |
20.6 |
Turn left on gravel road to San Juan de Matanzas and San Jose de Coronados. |
|
15.1 |
24.3 |
Continue straight to San Jose de Coronados. Road to left goes to Las Adjuntas and San Juan de Matanzas. |
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17.8 |
28.7 |
San Jose de Coronados on left. |
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18.5 |
29.8 |
Continue up the canyon through pinon forest. |
|
19.2 |
30.9 |
Mine operation on left. |
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20.2 |
32.5 |
Another mine operation on left. An old road has branched off to the right. |
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21.3 |
34.3 |
Keep left at road fork. Right branch no longer goes through. |
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21.4 |
34.4 |
2 Entering Jesus Coronados. |
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21.8 |
35.1 |
2 Church and school on right. |
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22.4 |
36.1 |
Tierras Negras. Turn left. |
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22.9 |
36.9 |
2 Strainge structure on right is a ventelation fan for the mines. |
|
23.6 |
38.0 |
Keep right. Left branch follows power line. |
|
24.1 |
38.8 |
Top of low pass. Keep right on a fainter track. Road to left continues on to village of El Alamarito (0.9 miles). |
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25.5 |
41.1 |
Passing through area of live oak forest. Turn right up the valley. |
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25.9 |
41.7 |
Puerto de San Jose. Join the Alamito to La Maroma road. Right to La Maroma, left to return to Real de Catorce. (See La Luz to La Maroma roadlog,) |
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29.6 |
47.7 |
Trail to left to upper Alamitos. |
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30.8 |
49.6 |
Right to Real de Catorce. Left to Alamitos. |
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36.1 |
58.1 |
La Luz |