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2023 Avalanche Refresher

Leader: 
Michael Altherr
Telephone: 
505 412-0061
Date: 
Wed, 2023-12-06
Leader Email: 
mraltherr1@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

Are you a winter backcountry enthusiast? Do you earn your turns by climbing the hills to ski or board down? Is a snowshoe to a remote location something that interests you? Have you considered visiting a hut in the wintertime? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should ask yourself, what do I know about avalanches? What do I know about transceivers? Probably more importantly what do I know about my partners ability to use a transceiver? Well, grab your avalanche kit and your partner(s) and come out and enjoy a day of snow-play at the start of the season.

Cross-country ski to Canada Bonita Overlook

Leader: 
Zack Baker
Telephone: 
505-412-5961
Date: 
Sat, 2023-12-02
Leader Email: 
zackbaker@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Easy
Technicality: 
Beginner
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

Join Zack on Saturday morning for an easy early-season cross-country ski from the Pajarito parking lot out to the Canada Bonita overlook (via the short way)

Saturday, Dec 2,  9:30am, Ski HIll Parking lot.   

Bring:

skis, boots, poles

water, snack

warm clothes, sun protection

Please email zackbaker@gmail.com so I know who to wait for. 

 

Bluff Hiking weekend Nov. 29 - Dec. 3

Leader: 
Bill Priedhorsky
Telephone: 
5054120376
Date: 
Wed, 2023-11-29
Leader Email: 
bill@priedhorsky.net
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

We have many times travelled to Bluff, Utah for a taste of the canyon country. Bluff is less than six hours from Los Alamos and, situated along the San Juan River, at a low altitude best suited for trips late or early in the season. Even at the beginning of December the average daily high is around 50 F. There are numerous places to hike and explore from Bluff, including the ruins and big views of Comb Ridge, the canyons accessible from Cedar Mesa, the canyon rim just north of Bluff itself, and farther afield to places like White Canyon.

Guaje Mountain

Leader: 
Clarissa Yablinsky
Telephone: 
505-695-8976
Date: 
Fri, 2023-11-24
Leader Email: 
cayablinsky@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Beginner
Are dogs allowed?: 
Allowed

The hike will be ~4.5 miles with 1000 ft elevation gain. Terrain is steep in places. No shade. Dress for the weather, bring water and sunscreen.

Meet at the Pajarito Trailhead off of Rendija Road at 9am.

Hunger Walk and Turkey Trot

Leader: 
Jean Dewart
Telephone: 
5054125424
Date: 
Sun, 2023-11-19
Leader Email: 
jeandewart7@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Easy
Technicality: 
Beginner
Are dogs allowed?: 
Allowed

LA Mountaineers - let's support this community event to raise funds to alleviate hunger - in Los Alamos and worldwide.  Come on - we need the exercise before Thanksgiving!

Save the date of Sunday, Nov. 19, when the annual Los Alamos CROP Hunger Walk and Turkey Trot will be held. Same bat-time, same bat-location: we will start and end in the parking lot in front of Los Alamos Middle School (on North Mesa). Participants will be entered in a drawing for turkeys and pies.

Canceled due to Covid :( Gila Cliff Dwellings, Backpacking and Hot Springs: 2 Nights

Leader: 
Carrie Shimek
Telephone: 
505-695-1174
Date: 
Fri, 2023-11-10
Leader Email: 
cshimeknm@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Allowed

Email cshimeknm@gmail.com, or text 505-695-1174, to coordinate if you are interested in joining us.

See info about pets at the bottom of this listing.

6 am Friday: Leave Los Alamos and meet up with participants coming from Santa Fe

  • We currently have room for 2 people in our car (and at the Hot Springs campsite) and other cars are welcome to join us

1-2 pm Friday: Arrive at Gila Cliff DwellingsNational Monument parking area

Moab bike/hike/explore Nov. 4-12, 2023

Leader: 
Bill Priedhorsky
Telephone: 
5054120376
Date: 
Sat, 2023-11-04
Leader Email: 
bill@priedhorsky.net
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

I would like to announce the fifteenth edition of our successful hike/explore/bike trips to Moab. We have been going almost every November since 2008, and every time has been a great success. The 2014 trip report can be found at http://lamountaineers.org/node/479#comment-57.

Fall Color Bike Ride to the Gilman Tunnels

Leader: 
Ross Lemons
Telephone: 
505-570-1586
Date: 
Sun, 2023-10-29
Leader Email: 
lemonsra@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

This trip is a bicycle ride on paved roads from Jemez Springs to the Gilman Tunnels and back. The Gilman tunnels are located in the most scenic section of the Guadalupe River Box and were originally blasted out of the rock in the 1920's for a logging railroad.  The cottonwoods along the route will hopefully be near the peak of their fall colors, making it a most beautiful ride.

Chupadera Mountain

Leader: 
Sylvie Adam
Telephone: 
206-280-4541
Date: 
Sat, 2023-10-28
Leader Email: 
sylvieadam01@gmail.com
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Allowed

This hike is adjacent to the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge near Socorro, NM.  The Chupadera Wilderness National Recreation Trail traverses a variety of ecosystems, starting within the Rio Grande river ecosystem, extending through the high desert, into the grasslands of the Polvadera/Chupadera mountain range, and topping out on Chupadera Mountain.   A  very cool transit of the various ecosystems.  

Llama adventure Harris Wash Oct 9-16, 2023

Leader: 
Bill Priedhorsky
Telephone: 
(505) 412-0376
Date: 
Mon, 2023-10-09
Leader Email: 
bill@priedhorsky.net
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Technicality: 
Intermediate
Are dogs allowed?: 
Not allowed

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