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Category Archives: Sandias, West
Eye of the Sandias Trail Hike – 12/03/2021
How to keep in condition, or build up more, for future hiking? Go on a challenging trail, and the Eye of the Sandias is one of those trails. The Drive In Their are two trailheads one can use to get … Continue reading
Embudito Canyon-Three Gun Spring Trails – 05/01/2020
This week we chose the Embudito Trail, which Pat & I had not hiked before. The trailhead is in the Glenwood Hills neighborhood: on Montgomery Ave, go east past its intersection the Tramway Blvd, left on Glenwood Hills Dr, look … Continue reading
Embudo-Three Gun Springs Trails Hike – 04/21/2020
Having ‘tested our mettle’ on Three Gun Springs two weeks ago, we addressed Embudo Trail this day. We started out with just the idea that it was another in our preparations to go “over the top” in a future hike … Continue reading
Oso Ridge-Embudito Trails Hike – 11/18/2019
Not having hiked recently, I headed out to the Northeast Heights for a hike on the western slopes of the Sandia Mountains. I chose the Embudito area because, unlike the other hiking destinations in the Foothills trails that go into … Continue reading
Piedra Lisa South Hike – 05/11/2013
A catch-up post from ‘way back’ in 2013. Piedra Lisa is a favorite trail, whether from the south, Juan Tabo Cañon or the north from Loop Road in Placitas. Statistics Total Distance: 4.61 miles Elevation: start 6,982 ft, maximum 8,217 … Continue reading
Piedra Lisa South Trail Hike – 05/02/2019
We haven’t hiked the Piedra Lisa trail in a long time; I last hiked it back in 2015. Pat & I thought it would be a good one today: close by, in the shade, not to long or strenuous. Oops, … Continue reading
Embudo Canyon Trail Hike – 04/26/2019
After our hike on the Three Gun Springs trail, we set our sights on preparing to do a one-way hike, Embudo Canyon to Three Gun Springs or the reverse. But first we wanted to “test ourselves” and to become familiar … Continue reading
Pino Trail Hike – 04/02/2019
For this hike, Pat & I sought a trail a bit easier than last week’s hike on Three Gun Springs. We’ve hiked the Pino Trail more than once in the past – it was likely the first -real- hike we … Continue reading
Piedra Lisa, Del Agua, End-to-End – 05/19/2013
Posted in March 2019. One of our early hikes, checking out trails out of Placitas on the north end and from Juan Tabo Canyon on the south end. The Hike We had hiked from both ends of the trail: from … Continue reading
Embudo Hike – 01/29/2014
Published March 2019. One of our early hikes, checking out trails out of Placitas, on the north end of the Sandia Mountains. Statistics Total Distance: 6.76 miles Elevation: start 6,169 ft, maximum 7,906 ft, minimum 1,169 ft Gross gain: 1,737 … Continue reading