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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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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ABOUT 20 MINUTES NORTH OF ABIQUIÚ, in the Carson National Forest, Echo Amphitheater creates the clearest echoes I’ve ever heard. My daughter’s voice ricochets across the concave wall of pink and…
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A DEER STROLLS BY as we finish dinner on a metal picnic table outside a log-sided cabin at Coyote Creek State Park, in Guadalupita. The deer’s massive ears swivel toward us even as it keeps browsing…
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1 Watch art forms collide. Flamenco Fandanguero: Primos de la Raza Cósmica , a collaborative production of dance, music, and culture, returns to the National Hispanic Cultural Center with two…
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JOHNATHAN DOBBS HAS SPENT more than a decade driving the latticework of gravel roads around Aztec, many of them unmarked, just to see where they go and what surprises they hold. He’s hunted elk and…
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LOG A NEW DEAL ART TOUR If you’re traveling east on I-40, you might consider Gallup your gateway to New Mexico art. One of four New Mexico federal art centers during the New Deal, the city is home…
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AVID HIKER COCO RAE started volunteering at the Valles Caldera National Preserve in 2018, just as staff began identifying and creating a guide to its trail system. Some of her volunteer time went to…
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TENTS SPRAWL ACROSS a landscaped lot in Silver City, mere steps off the Continental Divide Trail. Blistered thru-hikers—157 miles into their 3,100-mile journey north—enjoy solar-heated showers…
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KAI VENTURE’S BAG designs draw inspiration from his own adventures. He wanted to bring his four-legged companion on bike rides, for example, so the Blue Dingo Bagwerks founder used his grandma’s…
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