Gila National Forest · New Mexico
Crest
12 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 182 · trail class 2 · typical grade trail_grade · hiking, horse, bike
Trailheads Crest #182 Trailhead Drive there · Whitetail Canyon #202 Trailhead Drive there
Emory Pass #79 Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
Trailhead for access to the Black Range Crest Trail #79 across from the Emory Pass Observation Site on New Mexico Highway 152.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Gila National Forest
Other trails from the same trailheads
About this trail's facts
The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.