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Next month's program is to be announced! Stay tuned for more details.

Climbing School Update

Registration is Open for Los Alamos Mountaineers Climbing School

The Los Alamos Mountaineers are thrilled to announce that they will be offering a climbing school following last year’s successful revival of the school, in conjunction with Mountain Skills Rock Climbing Adventures of Taos. Details can be found on their climbing school page, here .
Mountain Skills, supported by Mountaineers volunteers, will teach rock climbing with a safety first attitude, including movement on rock, belaying, rappelling, cleaning protective gear, and removing anchors, with extensive on-rock practice. The course objective is such that successful students should develop the skills needed to participate in top roping, follow a leader in a multi-pitch trad climb, and be able to climb or descend moderate technical obstacles in unplanned backcountry situations using improvised gear (e.g. rope and carabiners). No previous rock climbing experience is required.

 

Ongoing Events


 

Monthly Public Meeting and Presentation:


Normally held in the planetarium of the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC)
on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Now offering hybrid meetings with in-person and zoom options! Sign up for each talk at the Monthly Program page.

Social at 6:45.  Reports of recent and upcoming trips at 7:05pm.   Program to follow.

Visitors are always welcome!  Free refreshments!

Past presentations, and occasionally future, can be viewed here

 

Future Club Speakers:  In addition to frequent presentations by nationally known adventurers, we love to hear from our own members....not that some of you aren't in that group.  A presentation gets you a free club membership and dinner at the restaurant of your choice in Los Alamos.

LAM Member Presentations Wanted! The LAM Board would like to encourage our members to provide more of our monthly presentations.  We understand well that club members are an active lot, with a wealth of activities in their repertoire that can and have been inspiring to new and old members alike.  We have often focused our monthly presentations on the elite of the outdoor adventure world, and perhaps created the undesired effect of squelching the voices of our own members who participate in frequent beautiful and exciting adventures of their own.  Although our own activities are not always "world class", they are representative of what we "weekend" athletes can and do accomplish.  We want many of our programs to inspire the "I can do that" attitude in our members, not merely entertain.  Shock and awe may have their rightful place, but inspiration to participate and shine is our true goal.

 

Trip Leaders:  Post your trip by logging in and then going here.  If you do not have an account, contact  the webmaster. For overnight trips, please ensure that membership waivers for participants are current and recorded by the club Membership Chairperson prior to your trip. Non-members may participate in day trips. All club sponsored trips require the trip waiver. After the trip, please scan and email a PDF of the waiver to the Trip Coordinator.

Trip Leader Awards: The club will recognize trip leaders as described here.

Borrow Equipment: We have a limited amount of mountaineering equipment for loan (e.g., avalanche transceivers). Contact our Equipment Manager listed on this page.

 

 

Trip Leaders: Anyone can lead a trip! Post your trip by logging in and then going here. If you do not have an account, contact the webmaster. For overnight trips, please ensure that membership waivers for participants are current and recorded by the club Membership Chairperson prior to your trip. Non-members may participate in day trips. All club sponsored trips require the trip waiver. After the trip, please scan and email a PDF of the waiver to the Trip Coordinator.

  • Spanish Sunrise

    published by AnnSatsangi on Tue, 2025-06-24 21:45
    Leader: 
    Ann Satsangi
    Telephone: 
    240-672-7110
    Date: 
    Fri, 2025-06-27
    Leader Email: 
    Annsats74@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Beginner
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Allowed

    Buenos Días. Por favor, únete a nosotros para esta caminata.

    Please join us for this Spanish speaking hike.  We will hike an out and back course on the Mitchell trail, keeping it to 1 hour, beginning at 6:30am finish at 7:30am. 
     

    Begining Spanish speakers welcome, this is a casual speaking practice while hiking a local trail together. 
    Some key trail and hiking vocabulary may be shared ahead of time :)

    Please send an email to Ann Satsangi annsats74@gmail.com if you wish to join.

    Nos vemos en el Camino. 

  • Ski Hill Hike and Potluck Dinner

    published by efmillsnm on Sun, 2025-06-22 17:55
    Leader: 
    Ellen Mills
    Telephone: 
    5056602345
    Date: 
    Fri, 2025-06-27
    Leader Email: 
    efmillsnm@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Beginner
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Allowed

    We will meet at the Ski Hill parking lot and begin hiking up the service road at to the picnic area near the top at of the mountain at 5:00 PM.  Please bring a dish to share, your own dishes and utensils, and your own beverage. This is the fifth hike of the summer season, and the views and weather have been spectacular. It can be much cooler at the top of the mountain so bringing some warmer clothes is recommended. Raingear is also recommended.

  • Cerro Pedernal climb

    published by Anonymous on Tue, 2025-06-24 20:46
    Leader: 
    Trenton Hiatt
    Telephone: 
    (509) 828-0386
    Date: 
    Sun, 2025-06-29
    Leader Email: 
    trentonhiatt2@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Strenuous
    Technicality: 
    Advanced
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    Cerro Pedernal is a landmark visible throughout northern New Mexico, standing as a sentinel at the northern end of the Jemez Mountains. The summit is a classic destination and views from its 9,862' narrow top are spectacular. Reaching the summit takes about a two-hour drive from Los Alamos and a hike of about 8 miles round-trip with 2,000 feet of vertical ascent, per the map below. The hike may be shorter if we are able to drive the first part of the route.

  • RESCHEDULED see below - Backpack Wolf Creek Pass to Cumbres Pass

    published by tpietrass on Wed, 2025-02-19 20:59
    Leader: 
    Tanja Pietrass
    Telephone: 
    575-418-7969
    Date: 
    Wed, 2025-07-02
    Leader Email: 
    tpietrass@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Strenuous
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    Rescheduled (dates TBD).

    See new 2 night backpack trip announcement for 7/4 - 7/6/2025.

     

  • 2 night backpack over the 4th of July weekend

    published by tpietrass on Mon, 2025-06-23 02:35
    Leader: 
    Tanja Pietrass
    Telephone: 
    5754187969
    Date: 
    Fri, 2025-07-04
    Leader Email: 
    tpietrass@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    I had to reschedule the longer Wolf-Creek to Cumbres Pass trip, so I'm offering a shorter alternative - ca. 30 miles in the South San Juans. We'll do a loop on the South Fork/Rincon trails. The South Fork has downed trees that will slow us down a bit. Total it's about 30 miles. This will be a 2-night backpack.

  • Santa Clara Canyon Rim trail

    published by Anonymous on Sun, 2025-06-22 20:34
    Leader: 
    Bill Priedhorsky
    Telephone: 
    (505) 412-0376
    Date: 
    Sat, 2025-07-05
    Leader Email: 
    bill@priedhorsky.net
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Beginner
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    Although Santa Clara Canyon is owned by the pueblo, sweeping views into it are accessible from the ridge to the north, in the Santa Fe National Forest. This is an out and back on the high trail, following hike #32 in the Salzmans' classic hiking guide. We drive up forest road 144 from Fairview, going about 27 miles past the trailhead for Chicoma peak, finally picking up a trail that runs just below the canyon rim, with views far below. If we hike to the end, the round trip is 9 miles, but we are unlikely to go that far.

  • Cruces Basin not-so-difficult backpack

    published by Anonymous on Wed, 2025-06-04 11:12
    Leader: 
    Bill Priedhorsky
    Telephone: 
    (505) 412-0376
    Date: 
    Thu, 2025-07-10
    Leader Email: 
    bill@priedhorsky.net
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Beginner
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Allowed

    I would like to announce a two or three-night backpacking trip into Cruces Basin for July 10-13. While this is not a difficult backpack in terms of the difficulty of hike, participants should have some previous backpacking experience. Cruces Basin is pristine wilderness located west of San Antonio mountain near the New Mexico/ Colorado border. We’ve been a few times before, and it is well worth going back. This trip will be a mellow adventure with a short hike to our camp followed by hikes to explore the Basin.

  • Rubber Ducky Float Trip

    published by admin on Mon, 2025-06-16 17:26
    Leader: 
    Zack Baker
    Telephone: 
    5054125961
    Date: 
    Sat, 2025-07-12
    Leader Email: 
    zackbaker@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Strenuous
    Technicality: 
    Beginner
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    The 17th Annual Rubber Ducky Float Trip

    Join Zack for a Rio Grande floating adventure. We will start at 8am on Saturday July 12 at the Red Dot trailhead, hike down to the river, continue up the river trail to the bottom of the Blue Dot. There, we will stop and enjoy lunch and inflate our floating toys/mattresses/water wings. We will then float back down to the Red Dot, wash off in the clean springs, and hike back to our cars.  It's about 4 miles, plus the up and down elevation gain of the Red Dot trail.

  • Introduction to Backcountry Fly Fishing

    published by mraltherr1 on Tue, 2025-06-03 08:30
    Leader: 
    Michael Altherr
    Telephone: 
    5054120061
    Date: 
    Fri, 2025-07-18
    Leader Email: 
    mraltherr1@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Easy
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    This is a trip to introduce folks who enjoy being in wild places to the mania of fly fishing. You should have some experience in backpacking and the necessary kit. You do not need to be an experienced fly fisher, but you will need a fly rod, reel, leader, tippet and imitation flys. Some exposure to fly fishing would be helpful but is not necessary. A pre trip planning and organizational meeting will be held Wednesday July 9th at the library at 5:30 a week in advance of the trip. The trip is limited to six participants.

  • Aleutian Island Adventure with Backpacking

    published by tpietrass on Sun, 2025-02-23 10:16
    Leader: 
    Tanja Pietrass
    Telephone: 
    575-418-7969
    Date: 
    Sat, 2025-08-09
    Leader Email: 
    tpietrass@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    This is a trip to Adak Island, in the Central Aleutians of the Aleutian Island Chain. I have chosen Adak for ease of access - you can fly there with Alaska Airlines. For reference, I paid ca. $1,500 for my roundtrip ticket from ABQ (August 9-20, 2025).

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