CORRESPONDING SUBJECT PAGE LINKS: Click on the links set out below to the corresponding subject pages that present the annual Kino trail rides by Por Los Caminos de Kino. The corresponding page links are Cabalgatas Section Page, Cabalgatas Page 01 and Cabalgatas Page 02

Following Kino's Trails - Sierra de La Madera Mountain Pass
Cabalgata 20: December 26 - December 30, 2006

Editor Note: References to Expedition Numbers in the last line of each cabalgata are to Bolton's Map Key that identifies Kino's journeys by Expedition Number in last line of each cabalgata entry. For expeditions, click Explorer.

Cabalgatas 1 - 20
1987 - 2006

Cabalgata 1
Route: From Dolores to summit of El Nazareno Peak near Gulf of California coast
Dates: December 26 - 30, 1987
Comments Kino's sees mountains of Baja across Gulf of California since leaving Baja
Bolton Map Reference: Expedition 7

Cabalgata 2
From Dolores to Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona
December 27 - 31, 1988
Santa Cruz River is Kino's superhighway and San Xavier is his northern base of operations
Expedition 2, 4, 5,6, 12, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 34

Cabalgata 3
Through the El Camino de Diablo (The Devil's Highway) from Sonoyta to Yuma, Arizona
December 11 - 15, 1989
Traveling through Camino del Diablo is shortest route to the Colorado River
Expedition 22, 23, 26, 28, 29

Cabalgata 4
Through the Pinacate Volcanic Fields to U.S. - Mexico border
December 15 - 20, 1990
Kino's use old "remote sensing" by viewing the Colorado River delta from mountain peaks
Expedition 22, 27, 29, 35

Cabalgata 5
From Dolores to Bacerac
February 2 - 8, 1992
Trips with Native leaders to Jesuit superior's mission with Native People asking for missionaries
Expedition 18, 36

Cabalgata 6
Across the Baja Peninsula: Sail to Gulf coast; across Sierra de La Giganta to Pacific coast
December 19 - 23, 1992
Kino among first Europeans to cross the Baja.
Expedition: Click Explore Baja & Gulf

Cabalgata 7
Through The Papaguería from Magdalena to Sonoyta along U.S. - Mexico Border
January 11 - 15, 1995
Kino's journey start explorations towards Colorado River
Expedition 22

Cabalgata 8
From Dolores to San José de Guaymas
February 10 - 17, 1996
Kino blazes cattle trail to new port Guaymas to supply the missions in Baja
Expedition 31

Cabalgata 9
Anza Trail from Hermosillo to San Francisco, California
October 12 - December 2, 1996
Kino advocated in reports for a Pacific sea port in California
Expedition: Kino's California vision fulfilled

Cabalgata 10
Pitiquito to Pozo Coyote & Desemboque
January 2 - 6, 1997
Kino discovers Angel Island and that Tiburon is an island
Expedition 32

Cabalgata 11
From Granados to Bacadéhuachi
May 28, 1997
Kino ride to Mexico City: 1,200 miles in 30 days.
Kino narrowly missed death on this trail
Expedition 15

Cabalgata 12
From Moctezuma to Huépac
March 12 - 14, 1998
Kino to the Pimería Alta
Expedition 1

Cabalgata 13
Through the Great Sand Dunes to Colorado River and San Luis
From March 1 - 5, 1999
The dunes caused Kino to turn back with Salvatierra from Sonoyta and Father Gonzales from the Colorado River
Expedition 27, 29

Cabalgata 14
From El Fuerte by Alamos to Quiriego
January 17 - 23, 2001
Kino to the Pimería Alta
Expedition 1

Cabalgata 15
From Quiriego to Rebeico
February  4 - 9, 2003
Sonora's Camino Real
Expedition 1, 15

Cabalgata 16
From Dolores to Cocóspera
December 16 - 17, 2004
Part of Kino's mission circuit
Cabalgata celebrated 300th anniversary of dedication of churches at Cocóspera and Remedios.
Expedition: 4, 5, 33, and numerous journeys to Santa Cruz and San Pedro River Valleys

Cabalgata 17
From Rebeico to Mátape
February  9 - 13, 2005
Kino to the Pimería Alta
Expedition 1

Cabalgata 18
From Bacerac to Huásabas
February 9 - 13, 2006
Kino to the Pimería Alta
Expedition 1

Cabalgata 19
Flight from Hermosillo to Italy: Vatican in Rome, Trento and Segno
May 3 - 7, 2006
Expedition 37: Sainthood for Kino is the dream of every Kino aficionado

Cabalgata 19
Flight from Hermosillo to Italy: Vatican in Rome, Trento and Segno
May 3 - 7, 2006
Expedition 37: Sainthood for Kino is the dream of every Kino aficionado

Cabalgata 20
From Óputo to San Pedro de la Cueva
December 26 - 30, 2006
Expedition 1, 15