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Abigail Barronian

Abigail Barronian is a Santa Fe–based writer and outdoorsperson. As a skier, biker, and climber, she’s grateful for New Mexico’s many wild, wide-open places. Her favorite climbing: El Rito and Roy. Her favorite skiing: Taos. Her favorite biking: just outside Santa Fe.

Eli Nogueira spots Scott Chapman on Coyote Sombrero, in Beaver Canyon. New Mexico Magazine

Roy Rocks As A Climbing Destination

By Abigail Barronian on Aug. 01, 2020

AS YOU HEAD EAST OUT OF SANTA FE, veering north toward Las Vegas and then beyond, the mountains flatten out into vast high plains below a sweeping sky. In 140 miles, the unassuming town of Roy…

Aztec's Alien Run Trail offers other-wordly vistas and mild weather, even in the deepest part of winter.

Change of Pace

By Abigail Barronian on Dec. 30, 2019

Above: Aztec's Alien Run Trail offers other-wordly vistas and mild weather, even in the deepest part of winter. Photographs by Jeremy Wade Shockley. AT NINE ON A SATURDAY night, Farmington is quiet…

Destinations Las Cruces

By Abigail Barronian on Jan. 22, 2019

Above: Las Cruces' multiculturalism gives way to wonder in the nearby Organ Mountains. Photograph by Getty Images. THE WALLS OF CASA CAMINO Real Books, in Las Cruces’ historic Mesquite district…

Forged in Fire

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