New Mexico Trails Guide
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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Best New Mexico Summit Hikes
“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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Hike Santa Fe to Taos
“THIS LAND LENDS DEPTH TO MY LIFE,” says Pam Neely, author of The Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike Guidebook. “It’s utterly gorgeous in the high country.” The Santa Fe–based writer feels most at home in New…
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Pecos River Fishing Retreat
LOOKING AT THE PILE OF WORK ON MY DESK, thinking about deadlines and what could be put off until Monday, I made a snap decision to go fishing on a Friday afternoon. I called ahead to El Parasol for a…
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Stellar Campsites for Summer Fun
Bottomless Lakes State Park Bottomless Lakes State Park, southeast of Roswell, features eight liquid jewels that attract paddlers, fishermen, swimmers, and scuba divers looking to explore the narrow…
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High Time to Hike the Alpine Lakes
Above: While it's about a 7 mile hike to reach the Trampas Lakes, the wildflowers and other scenery are worth the trek. Photograph by Christina Selby. I’M ON THE LAST STRETCH of a seven-mile hike to…
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The Fisher’s Fisherman
Above: Norman Maktima fly-fishing in the Pecos River. Photographs by Andrew Kornylak. THE RÍO CHAMA FLOWS cold and green below Abiquiú Dam, north of Española. Some of us might look at the river and…
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10 Ultimate NM Hikes
HIKING IS NEW MEXICO'S FAVORITE PASTIME. And no wonder: The call of the trail is easy to answer in a state that ranks sixth in the country for public lands, and where uncrowded tracks lie within…
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