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Campfire Potluck & Stories at Camp May

published by Evan_Rose on Tue, 2025-09-30 10:44
Leader: 
Evan Rose
Telephone: 
5056958945
Date: 
Fri, 2025-10-10
Leader Email: 
evanrose999@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Easy
Technicality: 
Beginner
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

Let's get together on Friday October 10, 2025 at Camp May pavilion.  There is a fireplace and a covered area with picnic tables.  We will attempt to recreate our gathering of July 23,2024 with a potluck dinner, campfire and stories.  Note that Ellen Mills's final Ski Hill Potluck Dinner Hike is on October 3.  This outing can be considered an add-on to that series of hikes and potluck dinners.

Late Season Weekend Backpack in the CO Sangre de Cristos

published by tpietrass on Wed, 2025-10-01 17:38
Leader: 
Tanja Pietrass
Telephone: 
5754187969
Date: 
Fri, 2025-10-10
Leader Email: 
tpietrass@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Strenuous
Technicality: 
Advanced
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

This will be a 2-night backpack to the Sangre de Cristos in Colorado, doing a loop on the Venable and Comanche trails via Phantom Terrace. The terrace is known for its exposure and the loop for its views. The elevation gain is quite significant, ca. 3,000 ft the first day over 4.5 miles, another 1,000 ft the second day to the ridge, plus two (if time permits) summmits to Venable and Comanche peaks, both of them over 13,000 ft (that's another 1,100 ft or so in combined elevation gain).

Hanksville-based Hiking October 5-12, 2025

published by Anonymous on Sat, 2025-05-10 16:10
Leader: 
Bill Priedhorsky
Telephone: 
(505) 412-0376
Date: 
Sun, 2025-10-05
Leader Email: 
bill@priedhorsky.net
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

We have returned from our last llama trip with packer BJ Orozco. Since there will not be a llama trip this fall, I have arranged to rent a very nice house in Hanksville, Utah (https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/48361359), which will our base for a week of day hiking in a part of Utah that has escaped my attention for these many years. We have the house from Sunday October 5 to Sunday October 12, giving us 6 days for hiking.

Ski Hill Potluck Hike - Last of the Season

published by efmillsnm on Mon, 2025-09-29 09:34
Leader: 
Ellen Mills
Telephone: 
5056602345
Date: 
Fri, 2025-10-03
Leader Email: 
efmillsnm@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Beginner
Are dogs allowed?: 
Allowed

This will be the final hike of the 2025 summer season ski hill hikes. I hope to start up again in May 2026, weather conditions allowing. The dedication of our new picnic table will be held early in the hiking season of 2026.

This coming Friday we will meet at the ski hill parking lot and begin hiking up the service road at 5:00 PM. Please bring a dish to share, your own plate, utensils, and beverage. It is much cooler at the top. Raingear and warmer clothes are highly recommended. 

Day hike to gypsum landforms below “The Dome,” Chama River

published by Anonymous on Tue, 2025-09-09 11:09
Leader: 
Bill Priedhorsky
Telephone: 
(505) 412-0376
Date: 
Sat, 2025-09-27
Leader Email: 
bill@priedhorsky.net
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Beginner
Are dogs allowed?: 
Allowed

I would like to announce an exploration in the Colorado Plateau terrain along the Chama River. Reading the river guidebook on our recent Chama River raft trip, I noted a mention of slot canyons in the gypsum formations downstream of “The Dome”, a mesa visible to the left when one hikes across Skull Bridge. New Mexico canyoneer Doug Scott mentions a canyon that he calls Dome Canyon at https://dougscottart.com/hobbies/SlotCanyons/Dome.htm.

Ski Hill Potluck Dinner Hike

published by efmillsnm on Mon, 2025-09-22 19:25
Leader: 
Ellen Mills
Telephone: 
5056602345
Date: 
Fri, 2025-09-26
Leader Email: 
efmillsnm@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Beginner
Are dogs allowed?: 
Allowed

We are approaching the end of the season for the Ski Hill hike with this trip, and one more the following Friday.  We will meet at the ski hill parking lot and begin hiking up the service road at 5:00 PM.  Please bring a dish to share, your own plate, utensils, and beverage.  It will likely be cool at the top of the mountain so warmer clothes and reingear are both highly recommended. You may want to carry a head lamp for the hike down the mountain.

 

Stewart Lake

published by cecilehemez on Sun, 2025-09-07 15:15
Leader: 
Cecile Hemez
Telephone: 
5056956583
Date: 
Sun, 2025-09-21
Leader Email: 
cecilehemez@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

To mark the last day of summer, let's hike to a mountain lake in the Pecos Wilderness, with views of the east side of the Santa Fe Baldy. The trail will take us through grassy meadows, aspen groves, and deep conifer forests.

This is an 11-mile loop hike with a 2,100 ft elevation gain. The drive from Los Alamos to the trailhead, near Cowles, takes about two hours. Expect an all-day outing.

If you would like to join, contact Cecile for start time and directions to the trailhead. We can arrange carpooling from Los Alamos and Santa fe.

Clean Up Los Alamos Day

published by jan.velechovsky on Wed, 2025-09-10 21:24
Leader: 
Jan Velechovsky
Telephone: 
505-695-9248
Date: 
Sat, 2025-09-20
Leader Email: 
jan.velechovsky@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Easy
Technicality: 
Beginner
Are dogs allowed?: 
Allowed

Join Your Fellow Mountaineers for a Trail Cleanup!

Help keep our local trails beautiful by joining us for a community trash pickup event.
When: Saturday, September 20th at 9:00 AM
Where: Meet at the Los Alamos Smith's parking lot

What to Expect:

Ski Hill Potluck Dinner Hike

published by efmillsnm on Sun, 2025-09-14 13:56
Leader: 
Ellen Mills
Telephone: 
5056602345
Date: 
Fri, 2025-09-19
Leader Email: 
efmillsnm@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Beginner
Are dogs allowed?: 
Allowed

We have only a few hikes remaining for this season. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate for next Friday evening.

We will meet at the Ski Hill parking lot and begin hiking up the service road at 5 PM.  Please bring a dish to share, your own plate, utensils, and beverage. Warmer clothes, rainngear, and a headlight for the hike down the mountain are highly recommended.

Please be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend.  This allows me to contact you if there is a cancelation as has occured for the past two weeks. 

Ellen Mills

Birding Hike on Pajarito Mountain (Mountaineers / PEEC event)

published by dewart on Thu, 2025-08-21 20:50
Leader: 
Robin Gurule
Telephone: 
5057097215
Date: 
Sun, 2025-09-14
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Beginner
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

To see the trip description and sign up, go to the PEEC's event webpage at the following link: https://peecla.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/peecla/event.jsp?event=58484&

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