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New Mexico
Kitchen Mesa Spur Trail
0.7 mi
Distance
504 ft
Gain
23 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Carson National Forest
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Kitchen Mesa Spur Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 504 ft
- Elevation loss
- 504 ft
- Highest point
- 7,125 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,920 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Kitchen Mesa Spur Trail is a short out-and-back hike in New Mexico covering 1.34 miles with 504 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 7,125 feet.
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