Punkin Center to Young 2.0

This is an easy Jeep trail through quite diverse country.  You start out in Sonoran desert, rise up through pinyon-juniper and get high enough to be in Pondoerosa Pine.  Parts of the trail are open grassland with cattle grazing.

At one point, as you approach Buzzard Roost Ranch, a sign says "No Trespassing".  We stopped and walked to the ranch to ask permission.  The manager said is was fine for people to go through.  Good thing - it would have been a long ways back.

We have not been back to the ranch to see if it is still accessible.  You should be prepared to take the Minor Trail "Punkin FS 209 2.5" if the gate is locked and nobody is around.

​There is a GPS - gpx track at the bottom of the page.
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Western end rising out of the desert
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High enough for ponderosa pine
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Open country in the pinyon-juniper
Updated 2014.
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