Picacho Del
Diablo
On the trip to Big Picacho, the greatest difficulty encountered
was finding the roadhead. The information obtained was sketchy and difficult to
follow. Thanks to Mario Gonzalez, who was able to ask directions from several
natives, the trip was successful.
In hopes of helping someone else, I
measured the distances between various turning points on the way out.
Road log starting from the intersection of highway 5 and 3 in Mexico.
- Turn West on hwy. 3 and go 20.4 mi to
a dirt road. The road is identified by two signs:
- sign with blue letters - SARH plus
more writing
- sign with red letters - Villa
DelSol
- Turn left on the dirt road and travel
4.2 mi to another Intersection, identified by a sign with green lettering:
Programa Valle Chico, Col SPM
- Turn left at this intersection. This
is the road that crosses the dry lake. Asa check point, after .4 mi there is
what looks like an abandoned rancho. (corral & house). The first part of
the road crosses a sand dune like area before entering the dry lake. On the dry
lake, you will pass several whitewashed tires standing parallel to the road.
10.6 mi. after the "abandoned" rancho, you come to another intersection
identified by a whitewashed tire standing perpendicular to the road you are
traveling on.
- Turn right at this intersection.
After about 1 mi. there is some soft sand where some cars may have trouble
crossing. At 1.2 mi, after making the above turn, there is a rancho on the
right, and a "Y" Intersection.
- Take the road to the right, which
goes right along the fence of the rancho, for 1 mi.
- At this point another dirt road comes
in from the left. Continue on the same road you are on for another 5 mi. until
you reach the roadhead. This last 5 miles seem to parallel the mountains, but
it does get there eventually.
Good luck! |