Native Plant Society of New Mexico Native Plant Society of New Mexico

Meet at 9:00 am at the Soledad/Bar Canyon Trailhead at the east end of Soledad Canyon Road.

Easy to moderately difficult walk on maintained trail.

Loop is less than 3 miles.

The elevation gain from trailhead to waterfall is about 650 feet.

Duration – less than 3 hours. No restroom facilities.

Bring water, snacks, sunscreen, hat, and wear good hiking shoes.

Soledad/Bar Canyon will offer more color than either Tortugas or Picacho Peak. There’s a stunning red flowering agave just off the Soledad trail at about the 1/2-way point. Other agaves as well as a number of sotols have put up stalks and started flowering. Red barberry shrubs are likely in bloom as well.