I N THE LATE 1800S, the railroad to Cloudcroft delivered tourists from the desert heat. But as travel moved to cars and the railroad lines were abandoned, they left the foundation for a double-track…
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W HEN PUEBLO OF ZUNI members decided to establish a trail system, they began with what already existed, reshaping roads into trails and adding links to different parts of the community or the…
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MY WIFE SEES IT BEFORE I DO. As we mount the cerro in silence, wind hisses across the sage and rocks and into the piñon and juniper. Above, ravens and vultures play on rising thermals. Below, pinyon…
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T HE 3.5-MILE CIMARRON HERITAGE TRAIL links the Philmont Training Center and Camping Headquarters to historic downtown Cimarrón. This year, conservation staff working for Philmont—with help from some…
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A HALF-MILE TRAIL loops through piñon and juniper, touring the edge of a watercourse in the pinkish ground of the Galisteo Basin. Benches, shade structures, and interpretive signs dot the pathway…
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FOR A HORSE RIDE Trails into the Pecos Wilderness often start with difficulty, climbing out of the Pecos River canyon and up into the high peaks. “The trade-off is that the scenery and the terrain are…
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WHEN THE 110-FOOT-LONG Seismosaurus unfurled its serpentine neck in what we now call the Ojito Wilderness Area, its comparatively compact head topped a forest of ginkgo and palm trees. In the Jurassic…
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THE TRAIL TO TSIN KLETSIN meanders through sagebrush, sandstone, and desert washes before climbing up to the Ancestral Puebloan great house. The South Mesa structure seems to stand alone, far removed…
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“IT’S CRAZY WHAT people think about New Mexico,” says Adam White, author of New Mexico Summits: 40 Best Mountain Hikes to 50 Peaks (FalconGuides). “We are not all low, dry desert. We have forests and…
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“THIS LAND LENDS DEPTH TO MY LIFE,” says Pam Neely, author of The Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike Guidebook. “It’s utterly gorgeous in the high country.” The Santa Fe–based writer feels most at home in New…
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