National and State Parks
The Canyon Loop Drive at Chaco Culture National Historical Park travels past several exemplary structures, including the most popular, Pueblo Bonito. Photograph by NMTD. Connected to the Ancients…
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Category: Going Places
Top Local Golfer Plays Through
One summer, when he was nine, Notah Begay III hopped a fence surrounding Albuquerque’s Ladera Golf Course and waited for the head pro to wander into a parking lot. The kid intercepted Don Zamora as he…
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Five Great Hikes in New Mexico
For a Challenge: Wheeler Peak The state’s highest mountain, in Carson National Forest, reaches 13,161 feet. Start early from the trailhead at Taos Ski Valley, and as you wind your way through alpine…
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Higher Than a Kite
This month, more than 550 hot-air balloons will take to the skies during mass ascensions, Balloon Glows, and Special Shapes Rodeos at Balloon Fiesta Park, in the Duke City. With more than 800,000…
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Listening to the Land
IN THE MIDDLE OF A PIÑON PINE CLUSTER in the southwest New Mexico high country, Apache wilderness guide Joe Saenz was explaining traditional sources of Vitamin C in a voice so soft that I, a…
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