Please see post with basic information about the Cabreza Prieta Wilderness that explains the wilderness and permits you must have to enter the Charlie Bell Pass area.
Although it may say you need two copies of the permit to enter Cabeza Prieta Wilderness, we got our permits at the Visitor Center and were only given one. When asked we were told we only needed one and if you go hike leave the permits on the dashboard.
Today we headed out in Joanne’s Jeep to see Charlie Bell Pass.
Below I captured the portion of the visitor center map of where we were going.
Photo of wilderness area brochure that I altered with markings
The Town of Ajo is to the right and the yellow (right to left) is the route we took. Please check with visitor center for roads that are open.
The red X is the end of the drivable road as there is a gate. From where you park your car you hike on the washout dirt road into the wilderness.
Most of the road into the wilderness is packed sand but the section as you climb to the saddle of the pass the sand is mostly washed away and left exposed rocks, that made for bumpy ride for about the last 1/2 miles.
You don’t need a 4x4 Jeep to get here, but you need higher clearance. This is not prius territory!
At the pass is where you park near this remote emergency phone.
On the way out to the pass there was plenty of cactus and other plants, but at the pass only a few Ocotillos.
over the pass and down from the hills the chola Cactus provide a nice reflection of the afternoon sun.
Looking the other way I saw this ocotillo with beautiful red leaves. It made for a stunning foreground for a picture of the hills too.
We didn’t get started early enough to hike too far this day, as there are some bolders with petroglyphs about 1.5 miles from the trailhead.
Brent
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