Above: Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. KASHA-KATUWE TENT ROCKS NATIONAL MONUMENT Location: 40 miles west of Santa Fe The trails at Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks…
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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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Above: The crowd from Music on the Mothership. Photograph Courtesy Music on the Mothership. LET THE SPIRITS SOAR Shake up your inner mixologist during New Mexico Cocktail Week, May 25–June 2, when…
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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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Above: Mike Beer, of Oregon, says New Mexico's Continental Divide Trail's trail magic "meant the world" on his through-hike last year. Photograph by Jay Hemphill. FROM MEXICO TO CANADA, the…
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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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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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Above: Pick a cave adventure at El Malpais National Monument. THIS EASY 2.2 MILE TRAIL loops through an extensive system of lava-tube caves in El Malpais National Monument. Tack on extra distance (and…
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Above: The state's largest alligator juniper awaits hikers near Silver City. This easy 3.5-mile hike takes you to an enormous alligator juniper, a state-sanctioned record-size tree, in the foothills…
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Excerpted from Laurence Parent’s Hiking New Mexico (4th edition available this spring, FalconGuides/Rowman & Littlefield). Above: Baylor Pass in the Organ Mountains, outside of Las Cruces…
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