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San Pedro Parks Wilderness Overnight Backpacking Trip

Leader: 
Scott Baily
Telephone: 
505-412-9894
Date: 
Sat, 2024-06-01
Leader Email: 
scottb1234@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Allowed

San Pedro Parks is one of the wettest areas in New Mexico, with forests, streams, and large meadows.

Mountain bike Banco Bonito loop (Valles Caldera)

Leader: 
Sylvie Adam
Telephone: 
206-280-4541
Date: 
Mon, 2024-05-27
Leader Email: 
sylvieadam01@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

8.6 miles loop around Banco Bonito which hugs the Western edge of the beautiful El Cajete meadow on Monday May 27, 2024

Expected ride time: around 3.5 hours.

Driving time: 45 minutes each way.

Leave Los Alamos at 9 AM.

Easy pace: mile 3 is a long uphill on somewhat rugged double track: walking parts of it is ok.

Before leaving home, please ensure that your bike is in good working condition and that you have basic repair equipment (e.g., spare tube and pump).

Bring water and a snack.

Under 16 year old must be accompanied by an adult.

Cabezon Peak

Leader: 
Evan Rose
Telephone: 
(505)695-8945
Date: 
Sat, 2024-05-18
Leader Email: 
evanrose999@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Advanced
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

 SORRY - This trip is now full.

   This is the fourth annual spring climb to iconic Cabezon Peak.

   Cabezon Peak towers 2000 feet above the Rio Puerco Valley.  This volcanic plug is the remnant of the core of a volcano - like Shiprock.  Appearing impregnable, Cabezon can nonetheless be ascended by the intrepid mountaineer who follows the hidden route that wends its way through a crack in the peak's defenses.  Said mountaineer must be able to execute a couple of low fourth class maneuvers in pursuit of the summit and its spectacular views.

Ancho Canyon to Red Dot Trail Hike

Leader: 
Zack Baker
Telephone: 
505-412-5961
Date: 
Sat, 2024-05-11
Leader Email: 
zackbaker@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Beginner
Are dogs allowed?: 
Allowed

Join Zack Baker with PEEC and the Los Alamos Mountaineers for this beautiful hike along the Rio Grande. Participants will meet at the Los Alamos Nature Center parking lot at 8:45am, leaving for the trailhead by 9am. Expected return to the trailhead is 3pm.  

Llama adventure Ticaboo Canyons May 5-13

Leader: 
Bill Priedhorsky
Telephone: 
(505) 412-0376
Date: 
Sun, 2024-05-05
Leader Email: 
bill@priedhorsky.net
Difficulty: 
Strenuous
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

I would like to propose a May 2024 canyon trip to the Ticaboo Canyon system in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. This adventure will take us to a complex canyon system with water enough for camping, and make possible a series of day hikes to slickrock tops and side canyons. We will camp somewhere in the canyon system. All the hiking will be off trail, and sometimes involves scrambling over rock ledges and ridges, or wading through creeks.

Grand Canyon 3 day backpacking - 1 spot available

Leader: 
Carrie Shimek
Telephone: 
505-694-1174
Date: 
Sat, 2024-05-04
Leader Email: 
cshimeknm@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Strenuous
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

We have 1 spot for an experienced backpacker to join us on a 3 night camping trip inside the Grand Canyon. A female would be welcome to share our hotel rooms. Details below:

5/4: Depart New Mexico in the morning, time TBD

      Overnight in a hotel inside the GC NP

5/5-6: South Kaibab Trail to Phantom Ranch

     Overnight at Bright Angel Campground 

5/7: Up Bright Angel Trail to Havasupai Gardens

     Overnight at Havasupai Gardens 

5/8:  Exit the canyon via Bright Angel Trail 

     Hotel outside GC NP

5/9: Drive back to NM

Trip Leader (current & future!) Dinner

Leader: 
Jean Dewart
Telephone: 
505-412-5424
Date: 
Wed, 2024-05-01
Leader Email: 
jeandewart7@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Easy
Technicality: 
Beginner
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

Trip Leaders - both current and future!  Let's have dinner together on Wednesday evening May 1 at 6 pm.  Let's talk about how to lead trips and how to deal with the challenges that can come up.  If you have been interested in leading a trip, but are not quite certain how to get started - this is the evening for you.  If you have led trips, come and share your experiences.  

We will have regular and veggie burgers - you bring something to eat or drink to share.  

Let me know if you can come, and I'll send you the address.  Hope you can make it.  

Hiking Bandelier Frijoles Rim and Frijoles Canyon loop

Leader: 
Olivia Li
Telephone: 
703-386-6924
Date: 
Sat, 2024-04-20
Leader Email: 
ogan.li43@hotmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

April 20th is the first day of the National Park week.  No national park pass or entrance fee is required on this date.  Let's hike a long loop in Bandelier on Frijoles Rim and Frijoles Canyon.  

Mileage: ~13 miles.

Elevation gain: ~1600 feet.

From Bandelier Visitor Center, we take the Long trail to the Frijoles canyon rim and enter the Bandelier Wilderness shortly on the top. This trail gives us expansive views of several mountain ranges nearby. 
We will eventually go down to Upper Crossing of Frijoles Creek and connects to the Frijoles Canyon trail.

Canyon country hiking based in Blanding, Utah April 17-21

Leader: 
Bill Priedhorsky
Telephone: 
5054120376
Date: 
Wed, 2024-04-17
Leader Email: 
bill@priedhorsky.net
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

To get the canyon trips rolling early for 2024, we will go again to Blanding, Utah, for 3 days of hiking on April 18, 19, and 20, Thursday-Saturday. I’ve reserved lodging in Blanding, Utah, in the same condos as last year and 2022. From there, we can pick our hikes over a wide range of the canyon country: the northern end of Comb Ridge, Mule and Arch Canyons, Natural Bridges National Monument, White Canyon, and/or the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park. We will have plenty to choose from, and the 3 days will go quickly.

Fruita and Moab Mountain biking (or hiking) April 16-19 or longer

Leader: 
Charlie Strauss
Telephone: 
5053100756
Date: 
Tue, 2024-04-16
Leader Email: 
cems@mac.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

Mountain Biking trip to Fruita and/or Moab.  Since I don't know who will sign up I'll leave the exact agenda open.  But Notionally it will be to reserve a VRBO house appropriate to the group size in Grand junction Colorado and Bike in fruita.  If the group desires we can either day trip to Moab or find a second place there.  The length of the trip is flexible but a minimum of 3 mights seems apropos.  If the consensus is to hike then we can hike that day.  I am not a grand junction expert but I'm told the downtown is revitalized and has entertainment too.  

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