Latir Peak Wilderness
Carson National Forest

The Latir Peak Wilderness is in the northern part of New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo Mountains. There are 3 peaks above 12,500' in these 20,000 acres. Most of the area is heavily forested with the usual pinon-juniper lower levels, ponderosa mid-level and spruce-fir-aspen mix above 8,000'. There are significant interspersed grass-and-wildflower-strewn meadows throughout but above 11,500' you come into alpine tundra, especially on Latir Mesa at the northern end of the Wilderness.

There is a well established system of trails in the Wilderness with the Lake Fork Trail probably being the most popular. Hunters come in the fall for the mule deer, elk and black bear, but these woods also support a good population of badgers, coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, beavers, and foxes.