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  • Ski Hill Potluck Dinner Hike

    published by efmillsnm on Sun, 2025-09-14 13:56
    Leader: 
    Ellen Mills
    Telephone: 
    5056602345
    Date: 
    Fri, 2025-09-19
    Leader Email: 
    efmillsnm@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Beginner
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Allowed

    We have only a few hikes remaining for this season. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate for next Friday evening.

    We will meet at the Ski Hill parking lot and begin hiking up the service road at 5 PM.  Please bring a dish to share, your own plate, utensils, and beverage. Warmer clothes, rainngear, and a headlight for the hike down the mountain are highly recommended.

    Please be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend.  This allows me to contact you if there is a cancelation as has occured for the past two weeks. 

    Ellen Mills

  • Clean Up Los Alamos Day

    published by jan.velechovsky on Wed, 2025-09-10 21:24
    Leader: 
    Jan Velechovsky
    Telephone: 
    505-695-9248
    Date: 
    Sat, 2025-09-20
    Leader Email: 
    jan.velechovsky@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Easy
    Technicality: 
    Beginner
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Allowed

    Join Your Fellow Mountaineers for a Trail Cleanup!

    Help keep our local trails beautiful by joining us for a community trash pickup event.
    When: Saturday, September 20th at 9:00 AM
    Where: Meet at the Los Alamos Smith's parking lot

    What to Expect:

  • Stewart Lake

    published by cecilehemez on Sun, 2025-09-07 15:15
    Leader: 
    Cecile Hemez
    Telephone: 
    5056956583
    Date: 
    Sun, 2025-09-21
    Leader Email: 
    cecilehemez@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    To mark the last day of summer, let's hike to a mountain lake in the Pecos Wilderness, with views of the east side of the Santa Fe Baldy. The trail will take us through grassy meadows, aspen groves, and deep conifer forests.

    This is an 11-mile loop hike with a 2,100 ft elevation gain. The drive from Los Alamos to the trailhead, near Cowles, takes about two hours. Expect an all-day outing.

    If you would like to join, contact Cecile for start time and directions to the trailhead. We can arrange carpooling from Los Alamos and Santa fe.

  • Day hike to gypsum landforms below “The Dome,” Chama River

    published by Anonymous on Tue, 2025-09-09 11:09
    Leader: 
    Bill Priedhorsky
    Telephone: 
    (505) 412-0376
    Date: 
    Sat, 2025-09-27
    Leader Email: 
    bill@priedhorsky.net
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Beginner
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Allowed

    I would like to announce an exploration in the Colorado Plateau terrain along the Chama River. Reading the river guidebook on our recent Chama River raft trip, I noted a mention of slot canyons in the gypsum formations downstream of “The Dome”, a mesa visible to the left when one hikes across Skull Bridge. New Mexico canyoneer Doug Scott mentions a canyon that he calls Dome Canyon at https://dougscottart.com/hobbies/SlotCanyons/Dome.htm.

  • Hanksville-based Hiking October 5-12, 2025

    published by Anonymous on Sat, 2025-05-10 16:10
    Leader: 
    Bill Priedhorsky
    Telephone: 
    (505) 412-0376
    Date: 
    Sun, 2025-10-05
    Leader Email: 
    bill@priedhorsky.net
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    We have returned from our last llama trip with packer BJ Orozco. Since there will not be a llama trip this fall, I have arranged to rent a very nice house in Hanksville, Utah (https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/48361359), which will our base for a week of day hiking in a part of Utah that has escaped my attention for these many years. We have the house from Sunday October 5 to Sunday October 12, giving us 6 days for hiking.

  • Moab bike/hike/explore Nov. 1-9, 2025

    published by Anonymous on Sat, 2025-03-08 15:06
    Leader: 
    Bill Priedhorsky
    Telephone: 
    5054120376
    Date: 
    Sat, 2025-11-01
    Leader Email: 
    bill@priedhorsky.net
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    I would like to announce the seventeenth edition of our successful hike/explore/bike trips to Moab. We have been going almost every November since 2008, and every time has been a great success. The 2014 trip report can be found at http://lamountaineers.org/node/479#comment-57. Let me (Bill Priedhorsky) know if you would like to join the trip.

  • Bluff Hiking weekend Dec. 10 - Dec. 14

    published by Anonymous on Sat, 2025-06-28 11:47
    Leader: 
    Bill Priedhorsky
    Telephone: 
    (505) 412-0376
    Date: 
    Wed, 2025-12-10
    Leader Email: 
    bill@priedhorsky.net
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    We have many times travelled to Bluff, Utah for a taste of the canyon country. Bluff is less than six hours from Los Alamos and, situated along the San Juan River, at a low altitude best suited for trips late or early in the season. Even in early December the average daily high is around 50 F. There are numerous places to hike and explore from Bluff, including the ruins and big views of Comb Ridge, the canyons accessible from Cedar Mesa, the canyon rim just north of Bluff itself, and farther afield to places like White Canyon.

  • Floating the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande near Big Bend, 3/27-4/5/26

    published by Anonymous on Sat, 2025-08-09 11:10
    Leader: 
    Bill Priedhorsky
    Telephone: 
    (505) 412-0376
    Date: 
    Fri, 2026-03-27
    Leader Email: 
    bill@priedhorsky.net
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    For a completely different outing, I propose a river trip in early spring 2026 to the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande in the Big Bend area, with an outfitter, Far Flung Expeditions, that comes well-recommended by a friend. We will leave Los Alamos and environs on Friday, March 27, driving to Marathon, Texas, about an 8-hour drive. We will meet the outfitter and go onto the river the next day, Saturday, and emerge from the canyons on Saturday, April 4. After overnighting, we will drive back home April 5. We will carpool as much as possible, to minimize driving costs and parking needs.

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