Journal Trachet, J. 1991 7/1 Cars and Ramsey Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise Co., Arizona July 28 I passed Crofton Springs (not very impressive) to crossing a lively (creek) little freshet & mostly coniferous forest on its immediate margins where the trail crosses near its headwaters. The trail continued to a saddle beyond the spring, going through a small remnant of un- burned forest before reaching this saddle. Beyond the saddle, one is in the Ramsey Canyon drainage, seemingly unscarred by the huge fire. The trail descends to the left toward the headwaters of Ramsey Creek & in about 1 1/2 miles, one reaches the creek at "Ham- berg." I hiked the 2.5 miles from there down canyon to Wide High Ranch at the end of Ramsey Canyon Road. After birding about an hour there, I hiked back to the Ramsey View Campground at the top of Carr Canyon, exactly retracing my route in the process. I arrived at Wide High Ranch at 07:45; I left at 10:55; I was back at my campsite at 15:00, exhausted. I ate lunch & took a nap until 17:00. I will break camp and leave for Carlsbad, New Mexico area tonight. As with any 10 mile hike over substantial elevation range and slope and exposure differences, habitat varied significantly. Where the coniferous forest on top was burned, the habitat has been claimed by a dense chaparral; where unburned, pines grew 50-60' tall. In beautiful Ramsey Canyon, the upper portion was mixed coniferous forest of pines and Douglas-fir. As one descended the canyon bottom, mesquites, sycamores, and live oaks became more numerous. In the vicinity of Wide High Ranch, there was an open, discontinuous riparian woodland of cottonwood, willow & some walnuts. Wide High has lots of falconers hummingbirds. Weather today was very nice until about 14:00, when it