Let's snowshoe in Black Canyon this Monday of MLK weekend. It will be an out-and-back, about 4 miles total and 1,000 ft elevation gain, to several vista points. Black Canyon is located near Santa Fe, on the road to the ski area, but well before it. The first half of the trail climbs gently. The second half is quite steep, and we might need to break trail.
We will meet at 9:30am at the entrance of the Black Canyon Campground, located on the right of the road, 6.9 miles from where Artist Road intersects with Bishops Lodge Road.
Let's do a XC ski in the Valles Caldera on Sunday January 7th.
I would like to do a 4-5 hour ski. I'd like to start from one of the breaks in the fence, as you first drive down into the Caldera on State Rte 4 - but am not sure that the parking area will be plowed. So, it may be possible that we start at Coyote Call, or that we might have to go all the way to the Visitor Center. (the Caldera web page that the road will be plowed by mid day Friday, 1/5, but I know this is a goal, not a certainty).
Have you wanted to try out snowshoeing, but do not have the gear? This snowshoe hike is for you. This trip is co-sponsored with PEEC - and they have snowshoes to lend. We will hike from the Pajarito Mountain Ski Area to Canada Bonito, north of the ski are - it is a 2-4 mile round trip (depending upon how far folks want to go). There is a small participation fee for all.
Dear Mountaineers, Santa Fe homeless shelters are asking for donations of warm clothing and gear for the many people in need. Please bring your donations to the Wednesday December 13th potpouri meeting at Fuller Lodge and we will take them to the shelters*! We are looking for intact jackets, pants, sweaters, socks, boots, hats, gloves, raingear, backpacks, sleeping bags, tents, blankets, and sleeping pads for men, women, and children. If you bring a bag of socks, please label them for men, women, or children so we know where to deliver them.
Are you a winter backcountry enthusiast? Do you earn your turns by climbing the hills to ski or board down? Is a snowshoe to a remote location something that interests you? Have you considered visiting a hut in the wintertime? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should ask yourself, what do I know about avalanches? What do I know about transceivers? Probably more importantly what do I know about my partners ability to use a transceiver? Well, grab your avalanche kit and your partner(s) and come out and enjoy a day of snow-play at the start of the season.
Join Zack on Saturday morning for an easy early-season cross-country ski from the Pajarito parking lot out to the Canada Bonita overlook (via the short way)
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 at the beginning of 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.
LA Mountaineers - let's support this community event to raise funds to alleviate hunger - in Los Alamos and worldwide. Come on - we need the exercise before Thanksgiving!
Save the date of Sunday, Nov. 19, when the annual Los Alamos CROP Hunger Walk and Turkey Trot will be held. Same bat-time, same bat-location: we will start and end in the parking lot in front of Los Alamos Middle School (on North Mesa). Participants will be entered in a drawing for turkeys and pies.
