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A steady climb from the Slaughter Canyon Cave parking area to the Guadalupe Ridge Trail.


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5.4

Miles

8.6

KM

Point to Point

6,141' 1,872 m

High

4,213' 1,284 m

Low

1,928' 588 m

Up

54' 16 m

Down

7%

Avg Grade (4°)

37%

Max Grade (20°)

Dogs No Dogs

Need to Know

Unless only going a short distance up the canyon, a topographic map and knowledge of its use is essential.

Description

The trail begins from the north end of the parking lot for the Slaughter Canyon Cave. The Slaughter Canyon Cave Trail branches off to the west not far from the start of this trail.

Hikers will head out into the mouth of Slaughter Canyon. The canyon is very large with several branches including West Slaughter, Middle Slaughter, and North Slaughter. The trail first goes up Middle Slaughter before turning into North Slaughter
and finally ending at the Guadalupe Ridge Trail.

The first 3 miles are seemingly flat, but around mile 3, the trail starts to climb more noticeably. From here, hikers have a steady mile long incline before the trail levels back out around mile 4. The last mile flattens back out for an easy hike to the junction with the Guadalupe Ridge Trail.

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Kristen Arendt

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Start of the hike!
Jun 13, 2016 near Whites…, NM

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Jun 11, 2020
Peter Ventres
Park is open but hours are 8am to 1:30pm. This limited ability to compete the full hike. (As of 11 June 20) 7.5mi — 5h 30m
Nov 16, 2019
Bear Rinehart
Dec 26, 2016
Anup Chakravarthy
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