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.
Trip participants are expected to be prepared for the level of technicality and the level of difficulty. Trip participants should be aware that outdoor activities such as this one, can be hazardous and involve danger to participants. By signing up for this trip, the participant is accepting any and all risks of injury and death. Participants will be asked to sign a waiver at the beginning of the trip.
The First Monday evening skill hike hike is this coming Monday, June 3rd. 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.
To reach Glorieta Baldy at 10199 feet, we are going to follow the driving direction (differnt than Google map direction) to the trailhead and the hiking route featured in the 9th edition book of "Sierra Club Day Hikes in Santa Fe areas".
This is the fourth annual spring climb to iconic Cabezon Peak.
Cabezon Peak towers 2000 feet above the Rio Puerco Valley. This volcanic plug is the remnant of the core of a volcano - like Shiprock. Appearing impregnable, Cabezon can nonetheless be ascended by the intrepid mountaineer who follows the hidden route that wends its way through a crack in the peak's defenses. Said mountaineer must be able to execute a couple of low fourth class maneuvers in pursuit of the summit and its spectacular views.
