Meet Expert Hiker Cindy Brown
I N HER EARLIEST MEMORY , Cindy Brown was on a trail. “My parents took our family out hiking, camping, fishing, and boating,” she says. “I always loved being outside. Anyone looking for me could find me…
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Tag: Hiking & Trails
Dust Off Your Boots and Hit the Trails
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: BEGINNER Soledad Canyon Loop. This easy, four-mile loop northeast of Las Cruces offers a rich experience of the Chihuahuan Desert microclimates of the Organ Mountain–Desert Peaks…
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Editor's Letter: Happy Trails
I LOVE THE FEELING OF THE TRAILHEAD. There’s a thrill in pressing start on my AllTrails app, taking those first few steps, and heading out for a new adventure. The rhythmic sound of the earth…
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Hike Flag Mountain for Panoramic Views
THE TRAIL DISAPPEARED INTO THE OLD BURN SCAR. Young aspen and oak, regrown since the 1996 Lama fire, shimmered in yellows, reds, and oranges. We pushed into the growth and scrambled up the ridge…
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Questions? Rangers Have Answers
ALONG NM 35, in the southern range of the Gila National Forest, a sign shaped in the National Forest Service’s trademark trapezoid bears a question mark. No words. No arrows. Just that. Puzzled…
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All in a Day at Capulin Volcano
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED what it's like to walk inside a volcano and explore it? You don't have to travel to faraway lands for such an adventure. At Capulin Volcano National Monument in northeastern New…
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Give These Desert Hikes a Try
MORE THAN 50 MILES OF TRAILS access some 33,000 acres of the park that are designated wilderness areas, where you can take in views of the Guadalupe Mountains rolling on into Texas, explore canyons…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Ski the lights. A torchlight parade and fireworks light up the night skies over the Red River ski basin on Christmas Eve. Skiers descend the mountain with roadside flares in hand, creating an…
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Carving New Paths for Adventure
ON A SUMMER AFTERNOON IN 2021, Peter Olson guided me out to some of the newest trail loops in the Galisteo Basin Preserve. But we had to walk before we could really ride. After briefly pedaling down a…
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Fly Away to the Gila National Forest
WHEN THERE ARE 3.3 MILLION acres of the Gila National Forest to hike, bike, camp, fish, photograph, and explore, you don’t want to waste even a few hours getting there. That’s why the Grant County…
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