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| | Backpacking Destinations - Places - :Chiricahua Wilderness Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01) |
 | | Here is some of the most starkly spectacular geology of the southwestern United States, rising to a climax on Chiricahua Peak at 9,797 feet. |
 | | You'll find a wide variety of elevations, slope orientations and moisture that give rise to diverse plants such as cactus and fine stands of ponderosa pine, Mexican white pine, Apache pine, Chiricahua pine, Douglas fir, Engelmann spruce, white fir, aspen, juniper, pinyon, madrone and oak. |
 | | Wildlife include the peccary, coatimundi and a plentiful supply of hungry fl bears. |
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