Mid-Week Embudo Trail Hike

Embudo Trail to Three Gun Spring Trail
Distance Hiked: 8 mi
Elevation: 6,200-7,900 ft
Elevation Gain: 1,700 ft
Distance This Season: 59.45 mi
Elevation Gain This Season: 13,956 ft

Susan (from the hiking team) and I decided to get together Thursday morning for a midweek hike in the foothills. The plan was to take the Embudo Trail from Indian School up to the Three Gun Spring Trail and hike up to the South Peak. There were very few people on this more scenic route up the mountain and the weather was pretty cool for the beginning of the hike.
We made it up to the junction with Three Gun Springs and enjoyed a scenic view of the Sandias and Manzanos while we had a picnic lunch. We had to cut the hike short when my magical blister bandaids stopped working and my heels started screaming. It was a good workout with pretty views and hardly any traffic on the trail. We'll have to attempt it again sometime soon!