This is a day hike in the northeastern corner of the Jemez Mountains, accessible from Abiquiu. It is hike #3 in the Salzman’s classic “Hiking Adventures in Northern New Mexico.” Per their guide, “this is a beautiful hike .. to the west of the Abiquiu Land Grant.. following little-used trails to a mesa top near the base of Polvadera Peak [3rd highest point in the Jemez]…The name means ‘canyon of the little springs.’ On the way back from the mesa top, the hike follows the valley, avoiding the more exposed top as the afternoon goes on and the risk of thunderstorms increases.
The Monday evening ski hill hike is this coming Monday, July 8th. We will meet at the Pajarito Ski Hill parking lot, and start hiking up the service road at 5:30 PM. We will hike to the picnic table near the top of the ski hill. Please bring food to share with the group, your own utensils, cups, plate, and your own beverage.
San Antonio Mountain is the very large dome just south of the Colorado line, seen to the west of highway 285 on the way north from Tres Piedras to Antonito CO. At 10,908 feet, it stands alone, a half mile above the sagebrush plains. The hike will be a trailless climb of 2000 vertical feet and 5 miles round trip. From the top, we can look out for the long view over the Taos plateau. As of June 30, the weather looks promising, with the 5th seeming to fall in a relatively dry spell.
Join me on a backpack July 4 through 7 on a section of the CDT. Which section we'll do will depend on snow conditions. My plan is to set up a car shuttle, so we can do a stretch of trail without repeats. For now, let me know if you are interested, and we'll take it from there. Expect about 12+/-2 miles or so per full day (less on the driving days), depending on elevation gain. Return on Sunday will be early in the day so that we can get ready for work on Monday.
The fourth Monday evening ski hill hike is this coming Monday, July 1st. We will meet at the Pajarito Ski Hill parking lot, and start hiking up the service road at 5:30 PM. We will hike to the picnic table near the top of the ski hill. Please bring food to share with the group, your own utensils, cups, plate, and your own beverage.
published by svetik.martin on Sat, 2024-06-15 08:22
Leader:
Lana Martin
Telephone:
505-412-0097
Date:
Sat, 2024-06-29
Leader Email:
svetik.martin@gmail.com
Difficulty:
Moderate
Technicality:
Beginner
Are dogs allowed?:
Allowed
Let's hike to Nambe Lake! The hike is rated Moderate+, about 7 miles out and back with an elevation gain of 2057 ft. This beautiful hike starts at the Santa Fe Ski Basin parking lot and leads through the Sangre De Cristo, following the Windsor Trail 254 to Nambe creek and then follows the creek to Nambe lake.
This is an easy meadows/open canyon hike in the Jemez, perhaps 6 miles round trip, and worth an explore. A trip description can be found at https://www.dogofthedesert.net/calaveras-canyon/. Let's go take a look! We will leave Los Alamos at 8:30 AM Saturday morning, and carpool as much as possible because I understand that parking can be tricky. Bring lunch, water, and gear for both sun and rain. We ought to be back home by dinner time.
This is a trip to summit Mt Taylor (11, 305ft) in the San Mateo mountains in the Cibola National Forest. With a second hike planned to the Ice Caves and Bandera Volcano. The ascent to Mt Taylor is a nontechnical 6-mile round trip hike. We will follow the Gooseberry Falls Trail. (https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-mexico/mount-taylor-via-gooseberry-springs-trail?sh=fytfov) Ice Caves and Bandera Volcano on AllTrails
The third Monday evening ski hill hike is this coming Monday, June 17th. We will meet at the Pajarito Ski Hill parking lot, and start hiking up the service road at 5:30 PM. We will hike to the picnic table near the top of the ski hill. Please bring food to share with the group, your own utensils, cups, plate, and your own beverage.
Jicarita Peak is just a hundred feet shy of being a thirteener. To reach the summit, we will hike 5.5 miles with a gain of 2600 ft. This will be an out-and-back trip, 11 miles total. Alpine flowers should be at their peak, and bighorn sheep are not an unusual sighting in this corner of the Pecos Wilderness. Driving time to the trailhead is two hours, from either Los Alamos or Santa Fe. The last 4.5 miles are on rough but passable unpaved road.
