Latir Peak Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Latir Peak Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib


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location = New Mexico, USA
nearest_city = Questa, New Mexico
lat_degrees = 36
lat_minutes = 47
lat_seconds = 51
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 105
long_minutes = 28
long_seconds = 52
long_direction = W
area = convert|20506|acre|km2|0|sing=off
established = 1980
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governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

Latir Peak Wilderness is a convert|20506|acre|km2|0|sing=on wilderness area located within the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico, USA. Designated in 1980, the Wilderness is composed of dense forest, meadows, and alpine tundra on Latir Mesa in the northern portion. [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Latir%20Peak Latir Peak Wilderness] - Wilderness.net] It includes a portion of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and contains four of the state's twenty highest peaks - Venado Peak at convert|12734|ft|m|0|sing=off, Latir Peak at convert|12708|ft|m|0|sing=off, Latir Mesa at convert|12692|ft|m|0|sing=off, and Virsylvia Peak at convert|12594|ft|m|0|sing=off. [http://www.nmwild.org/wilderness/latir-peak Latir Peak Wilderness] - New Mexico Wulderness Alliance] Most of the area is drained by the Lake Fork of Cabresto Creek, which originates at Heart Lake and is impounded just outside the wilderness in Cabresto Lake,the main trailhead for visitors entering the Wilderness. [http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/nm_latir.htm Latir Peak Wilderness] - GORP]

Wildlife

A variety of wildlife can be found in Latir Peak Wilderness, including mule deer, black bear, badger, beaver, bobcat, coyote, ferret, fox, mountain lion, boreal owl, marmot, marten, pika, ptarmigan, and muskrat. Native Rio Grande cutthroat trout are found in the area's streams.

References

ee also

*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Wilderness Act

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/carson/html_main/general_welcome.html Carson National Forest] - US Forest Service
* [http://www.nmwild.org/wilderness/latir-peak Latir Peak Wilderness] - New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
* [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Latir%20Peak Latir Peak Wilderness] - Wilderness.net
* [http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/nm_latir.htm Latir Peak Wilderness] - GORP