Let's do a beginner snowshoe outing on East Fork trail on Saturday Feb 2. Participants should meet at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 9:15 a.m. or at the East Fork Trailhead at 10 a.m.
Join us on a Los Alamos class hike: a loop hike on Red Dot - Blue Dot Trails. We'll start at the Blue Dot Trailhead at White Rock's Overlook Park, taking the Canyon Rim Trail to Red Dot Trail, down to the Rio Grande, then up stream on the River Trail, and finally climb out of the White Rock Canyon via the Blue Dot Trail. There are some fabulous petroglyphs and incredible views along the way. It's about 7-8 mi roundtrip and up and down 900 ft in elevation. Let's start at 8:30 to hopefully avoid any inclement weather. Please let the trip leader know you are coming.
Many of the Pajarito season passes have at least 3 free days at Purgatory ski area near Durango, so let's go use them! My rough plan is to head up afternoon or evening on Thursday Jan. 31, ski at Purgatory Friday and Saturday, then either head back to Los Alamos on Sunday Feb. 3, or ski a partial day then head back. Purgatory has a reasonable snow base now (about 40 inches). We will find a place to rent either in Durango or closer to the ski area. Let me know at bill at priedhorsky dot net if you are interested, and we can find a rental house or condo and put together the rental fee.
In a repeat of a classic outing, let's head north over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend downhill/ crosscountry/ snowshoe around Monarch Pass. Signs so far are hopeful for the ski season, and snow at Monarch is generally reliable. We will head for Salida to establish a base in a comfortable house or cabin, and spend our days in winter sports in the Monarch Pass area. Any of the 3 top Pajarito season passes offer three free days at Monarch, and otherwise tickets are relatively inexpensive online.
Join PEEC, astrophysicist Galen Gisler, and Jean Dewart of the Los Alamos Mountaineers for an astronomy night hike and potluck dinner on Tuesday, January 15.
This is a request for interest. Are you interested in doing an intermediate X-C skills session? This would be for people who have been on backcountry skis before, but who might want to do some work on turns, climbing, descending, balance, etc. (or other skills you suggest) We would focus on practicing, rather than touring to a destination.
Send me an email if you are interested, and depending upon the response, we will pick a day and a location (Pajarito, or Cumbres, or ??). Participants need to have their own gear.
published by Norbert Ensslin on Mon, 2018-12-17 18:32
Leader:
Norbert Ensslin
Telephone:
505-662-1408
Date:
Sun, 2018-12-23
Leader Email:
Norbert.ensslin@gmail.com
Difficulty:
Moderate
Technicality:
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?:
Not allowed
This proposed ski tour was inspired by a recent conversation with Andy Thien and Jason Halliday, who have been doing some fine ski mountaineering trips in the Jemez and Sangre de Christos. It made me wonder if it might be feasible to ski up to Chicoma Peak this coming weekend, depending on snow conditions.
Between your holiday gift-wrapping and long-winter napping, how about a quick hike on two of Los Alamos' historic trails? We'll cover about 3 miles, go up and down and up and down 250 ft elevation change. The trails are faint, but loaded with history. Bring poles if you use them. We'll meet at the Los Alamos Medical Center at 10:30 a.m., and be done in about 2-3 hours. Please contact the leader if you are interested in going.
