4 New Mexico Slot Canyon Hikes
CATWALK NATIONAL RECREATION TRAIL Located in the Gila National Forest, this two-mile out-and-back hike snakes its way through a slot canyon along a suspended walkway that follows a mining…
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks Reopens
“THE STRANGE FORMATIONS of rock, sculpted by time and elements, rise like sentinels over the land, whispering the secrets of ages past,” wrote 19th-century Swiss archaeologist Adolph Bandelier about…
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2024 True Heroes: Greg Hallstrom
ONE BUSY AFTERNOON during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Greg Hallstrom received a call at his Albuquerque office. A young man had been injured in a tragic car…
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2024 True Heroes: Michael McCann
ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, three Taos teenagers tragically jumped from the Río Grande Gorge Bridge over the course of just a few weeks. While youth suicide in Taos is all too common, the deaths left Michael…
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Written in the Trees
THE EYE FOLLOWED ME. As I bent around the aspen for a better look at the symbol carved into its trunk, a gray pupil seemed to track me. A wind stirred in the forest crown. In the dappled light, I…
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Fly the Friendly New Mexico Skies
CHRIS DAHL-BREDINE CHASES THE LIGHT. “I’m moved by sunrises and sunsets,” he says. “There’s nothing quite like the beautiful New Mexico light, and I just want to be right there in it.” Flying high in…
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These Spots Are Paradise For Bird-Watchers
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: BEGINNER Rattlesnake Springs. You want a desert oasis? This is a desert oasis. Managed by Carlsbad Caverns National Park, these spring-fed ponds and streams were once an extensive…
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Elevate Your Birding Game
A SWAINSON’S HAWK LIFTED FROM THE CANYON rim and dropped below my own perch, 1,000 feet above the Canadian River. A light breeze hissed over the grasses. The hawk caught the wind, turned into a…
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Meet Expert Hiker Cindy Brown
I N HER EARLIEST MEMORY , Cindy Brown was on a trail. “My parents took our family out hiking, camping, fishing, and boating,” she says. “I always loved being outside. Anyone looking for me could find me…
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Dust Off Your Boots and Hit the Trails
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: BEGINNER Soledad Canyon Loop. This easy, four-mile loop northeast of Las Cruces offers a rich experience of the Chihuahuan Desert microclimates of the Organ Mountain–Desert Peaks…
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