Make a Splash in New Mexico Waters
PADDLE Runnable sections line the Río Grande, including classic whitewater lines well-suited to rafting and kayaking like the Race Course and the Box; day-float sections like the one through the…
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Category: Outdoors
Ride the Waves of the Río
AS WE PILE INTO A VAN for the drive upstream to the put-in at Alameda Bridge in Corrales, the conversation quickly turns to the river: How high is the water? Is it up or down from last week? It’s…
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Forged in Fire
IN APRIL, Kathryn Mahan and her husband, Jamie Knutson, picked their way over trees strewn across the Rito Chavez Trail #220, near San Ignacio on the eastern slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains…
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Dig Deep into Zuni Farming Traditions
FROM THE FRONT, Ts’uyya Farm looks like an unassuming adobe in Albuquerque’s South Valley. But as I follow farmer Reyna Banteah behind the terra-cotta-colored walls, she reveals an agricultural oasis…
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Our Water Issues Threaten These Species
RÍO GRANDE SILVERY MINNOW About 25 years ago, the collapse of the Río Grande silvery minnow population alerted people that the river itself needed water. Despite a decades-long effort to reshape water…
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Cool Down at These Water Escapes
CHILL OUT AFTER THE HOT SPRINGS. Drop into some hot springs at Jemez Springs—either primitive or developed. Hikers can reach the natural pools at Spence Hot Springs or McCauley Warm Springs, both in…
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Take a Hike to the Headwaters
MAP A RIVER AND ALL its tributaries, and the web will swallow entire Western states. There’s not a single source, but a network of them. “All the major rivers of the country start as these little…
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Worth Every Last Drop
CANOEING A RIVER with ecology-minded people changes the view. Where many boaters see hazards in sandbars and downed trees with their knotted roots scrubbed bare and aimed skyward, Casey Ish recognizes…
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Tips for Summer Family Fun
SCOTT NYDAM FOUNDED Gallup’s Silver Stallion to help get kids interested in mountain biking. The club has grown from one middle school physical education mountain-bike program in 2018 to 13 in-school…
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The Ultimate Summer Adventure Guide
MY FAMILY ROAD-TRIPPED throughout New Mexico in the summers when I was growing up, tent-camping out of a Ford Econoline van. Opportunities for outdoor fun seemed to await us around every corner: We’d…
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