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Category Archives: 5.Years
Whitewash Trail Hike – 01/26/2014
This trail is not well documented, although it is used extensively as the latter part of loop hikes, such as up Embudo Canyon or other hikes that go to the top of the Sandias. The Hike For us, it was … Continue reading
South Crest Trail Hike – 8/12/2014
Posting this in 2019, catching up with whatever information I have. One of our early hikes, checking out trails in Tijeras Canyon, on the south end of the Sandia Mountains. The Hike This was a great hike with Marlin, as … Continue reading
Agua Sarca Hike – 06/15/2014
Posting this in 2019, catching up with whatever information I have. One of our early hikes, checking out trails out of Placitas, on the north end of the Sandia Mountains. The Hike Statistics Total Distance: 4.66 miles Elevation: start 6,387 … Continue reading
El Malpais-Lava Falls Hike – 02/14/2014
Exploring the El Malpais National Monument, near Grants, a large area of volcanic rock with some interesting features, including tubes. Drive In From Albuquerque, head west on I-40 towards Grands, but turn south on NM 117. For some 28 miles … Continue reading
Cerro la Jara Showshoe Hike (& Driveabout)- 02/12/2019
My son James came to visit, and to show him some of New Mexico’s mountainous region we headed up NM 4, through San Antonio Canyon and on around to Valles Caldera. Before reaching La Cueva, we encountered snow which became … Continue reading
Capulálpam de Mendéz, Pueblo Mágico Hike – 01/19/2019
During our visit to Oaxaca, we stayed 3 nights in Capulálpam de Méndez, a small village in the Sierra Madre dele Norte, some 25 miles northeast of Oaxaca City. Capulálpam is one of the Pueblo Mágico villages, noted particularly for … Continue reading
Monte Albán Walkabout – 01/10/2019
During our visit to Oaxaca this year, we returned to Monte Albán with our friend Addie. Again were impressed with the size of the site and of the buildings. So we walked only 1.7 miles..but we faced some elevation gain … Continue reading
El Picacho Peak Hike – 01/23/2019
During our visit to Oaxaca, we stayed for 4 nights in Teotitlán del Valle, a village at the foot of the Sierra Madre del Norte mountains. Teotitlán is notable in that most everyone in the village is a weaver, producing … Continue reading
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Paliza Canyon Hike – 8/24/2014
This really was our first foray on our own into the Jemez Mountains (though we did hike Cebolla Canyon earlier in 2014, but Jay had hiked there some years before). The Drive In Having done virtually no advance planning, we … Continue reading
La Luz Hike – 08/31/2014
I’m publishing this in 2018, so I don’t have fresh memory of the hike itself. But here is the usual technical data, some references, and photo galleries. The Hike Statistics Total Distance: 5.35 miles Elevation: start 7,010 ft, maximum 8,219 … Continue reading