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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Los Alamos Canyon Rim Trail follows the edge of the mesa for 2.5 miles, with bridges and overlooks for peering into the canyons. Walkers and bicycle commuters frequent the paved trail, which begins…
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THE SANTA FE RAIL TRAIL sits just outside my front door. From Rodeo Road near our apartment, the paved path navigates a few gentle hills as it runs alongside the tracks used by the New Mexico Rail…
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T HE GILA BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN organization has been clearing trails for more than 20 years. Melissa Green has been out there for 18 of them. She began with the U.S. Forest Service, then moved on to…
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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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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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1 See works by unhoused artists. In partnership with ArtStreet, a branch of Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, the Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque unveils a new exhibition, Entwined , with a…
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BEGINNER At Valles Caldera National Preserve, rangers guide winter snowshoeing hikes, including moonlit outings, around the likes of Cerro La Jara, one of the domes in the vast Valle Grande basin…
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