Best Hiking Trails at White Sands
Trails can be on sand or a boardwalk—but dogs must be leashed. WHITE SANDS IN SOME WAYS a pathless place. Visitors are welcome to walk over any stretch of bare sand dunes. But these three hikes can…
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Category: Hiking
One Family's Quest to Complete a 120-Hike Challenge
Rasa Lila O’Donnell pauses to take in the expansive view from an outcrop on the Hermit Peak Trail. LIKE A PRAYER, WE RISE, EAT LIGHTLY, and hustle up switchbacks into the mountains just beyond our…
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High Time to Hike the Alpine Lakes
Above: While it's about a 7 mile hike to reach the Trampas Lakes, the wildflowers and other scenery are worth the trek. Photograph by Christina Selby. I’M ON THE LAST STRETCH of a seven-mile hike to…
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Cold Comforts
Above: Resolve to have fun this New Year with a host of winter adventures. Illustrations by Ryan Johnson. SLAPSHOT SNAPSHOT With a crash, Spencer Rudrud’s shoulder hits the partition in front of me…
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How to Hike Southern NM's Argentina Canyon
Above: The Argentina Canyon. Photograph by Laurence Parent. This moderate 6.3-mile hike loops through lush, high-altitude forest (climbing from 7,380 to 9,100 feet) and along rushing streams in the…
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The Best Hikes in New Mexico - Catron County
Above: The Sawtooth Mountains invite exploration. Photographs by Jay Hemphill. AMONG 7,000 SQUARE MILES of gorgeous scenery with fewer than 4,000 people, you’re bound to find a few recreational…
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Thoughts Left on New Mexico's Highest Peak
Above: Hikers head to Horseshoe Lake after bagging the state's highest mountain. Photograph by Ellen Miller. YOU JUST REACHED THE SUMMIT of Wheeler Peak, at 13,160 feet. Perhaps you ambled up the…
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Hiking in the Gila - the West Fork Trail
Above: The Gila Wilderness. Photograph by Laurence Parent. A good introduction to the lower part of the Gila Wilderness, this easy 6.2-mile hike requires multiple creek crossings. Bring water shoes…
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10 Ultimate NM Hikes
HIKING IS NEW MEXICO'S FAVORITE PASTIME. And no wonder: The call of the trail is easy to answer in a state that ranks sixth in the country for public lands, and where uncrowded tracks lie within…
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