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Agua Sarca Trail Hike – 12/15/2019
Returning again to trails in the Placitas area, this time the Agua Sarca trail which we last hiked in 2016. The trailhead is next to a parking area on Tunnel Springs road just short of the Picnic Area. (Caution: the … Continue reading
Del Agua-Piedra Lisa Trails Hike- 11/17/2019
In Placitas for this weekend giving us an opportunity to revisit trails in the area that we’ve enjoyed in the past. And a favorite: Del Agua, with a loop finishing on the Piedra Lisa trial. We’ve hiked each of these … Continue reading
Picacho Peak Trail Hike – 11/10/2019
With just a short day for hiking, we remained close to Santa Fe, and continued our exploration of the Dale Ball Trails; it is quite nice having many nice trails so close. Embarked on one new to us – the … Continue reading
Osha Spring Trail Hike – 09/08/2019
We returned today to the Osha Spring Trail; we’ve hiked here thrice before. It’s close to Placitas and the Cafe for our traditional breakfast. It is nice to return to familiar trails, to see things familiar .. and things we … 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
Little Tesuque-Carol’s-Juan Trails Hike – 06/16/2019
Another hike near Santa Fe (thus, having a new tag: Urban for hikes easily accessible for folks living in the city). This makes a quite nice loop, with easy trail surfaces and moderate elevation changes and slopes. It begins … Continue reading
Bear Wallow-Winsor-Borrega Trails Hike – 06/02/2019
Ok, so we’ve hiked this before. Not much has changed, except this time we went around the loop in the clockwise direction and we didn’t extend the hike as far up Tesuque Creek. The Hike Bear Wallow-Winsor-Borrega Hike.Jay.2019-06-02 Statistics … Continue reading
Rio en Medio Trail Hike – 05/26/2019
Hiking again close to Santa Fe, this time driving around through Tesuque to En Medio and the Rio en Medio Trail #163. The Drive In As it was for our Little Tesuque Creek hike, the trailhead is near the end … Continue reading
Hyde Park Full Circle Trail Hike – 05/05/2019
Near Santa Fe today, up Hyde Park Road into the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, to a trail new to us – the Hyde Park Circle West and East trails. Another beautiful spring day in New Mexico – … Continue reading
Palomas Peak/Faulty Trail Hike – 04/28/2019
Jay and I hiked Palomas Peak back in 2016, once in snow and three weeks later in nicer weather. This was a nice return to this trail (also identified by a couple of signs as Faulty Trail, but … Continue reading