Past Trips

The next Monday evening ski hill hike is this coming Monday, Sept. 23rd  We will meet at the Pajarito Ski Hill parking lot, and start hiking up the service road at 5:00 PM.   We will hike to the picnic table near the top of the ski hill. Please bring food to share with the group, your own utensils, cups, plate, and your own beverage.  

The next Monday evening ski hill hike is this coming Monday, September 16th  We will meet at the Pajarito Ski Hill parking lot, and start hiking up the service road at 5:00 PM to maximize the evening light. We will hike to the picnic table near the top of the ski hill. Please bring food to share with the group, your own utensils, cups, plate, and your own beverage.  

Trip participants are expected to be prepared for the level of technicality and the level of difficulty. Trip participants should be aware that outdoor activities such as this one, can be hazardous and involve danger to participants. By signing up for this trip, the participant is accepting any and all risks of injury and death. Participants will be asked to sign a waiver at the beginning of the trip.

Dogs: Allowed

The Labor Day Hike will be to the top of Pajarito Mountain and the Blue Bench for spectacular views of the caldera.  This hike is steeper and longer than the regualr Monday evening Potluck hike.  We meet at the ski hill parking lot at 4 P.M., earlier than usual to take advantage of the daylight.

The next Monday evening ski hill hike is this coming Monday, August 26  We will meet at the Pajarito Ski Hill parking lot, and start hiking up the service road at 5:30 PM.  We will hike to the picnic table near the top of the ski hill. Please bring food to share with the group, your own utensils, cups, plate, and your own beverage.  

Sunday morning weather looks good for a high elevation hike. This is a short and steep hike from Big Tesuque trailhead to the radio tower of Tesuque Peak at 12040 feet. This strenuous hike goes through beautiful aspen and fir forest to reach the peak with a spectacular vista on the top. The return route goes down the ski slopes to the lift, then follow the Alamo Vista trail to the Aspen Vista road with a short detour off trail. It is then on trail all the way down to the car. 

This is a reschedule of a trip cancelled due to weather on August 10. I have never been to this classic piece of the northern New Mexico landscape, so let's go. This is an 8 mile loop and thousand foot climb per https://www.alltrails.com/ar/trail/us/new-mexico/canjilon-lakes-loop. More detail can be found on the Forest Service here. The Forest Service says "This is definitely high country hiking!

The next Monday evening ski hill hike is this coming Monday, August 19th. To give Ellen a break, I will lead this one. It does help to let me know that you are coming, so we can look for you, and get an idea of how many we will have on top.

We will meet at the Pajarito Ski Hill parking lot, and start hiking up the service road at 5:30 PM.  We will hike to the picnic table near the top of the ski hill. Please bring food to share with the group, your own utensils, cups, plate, and your own beverage.

The Colorado Peak Backpack trip originally scheduled for August 9-11 is postponed to August 17-18 because of a very wet forecast for the earlier weekend.   The trip is shortened to just the weekend.  However, Evan Rose may hike in a day earlier, on Friday, so please contact him if you would like to do the same.  The revised trip announcement is as follows:

A hike/bike trip to the Tenth Mountain Hut Division – Fowler/Hilliard is planned for August 12-15, 2024.  We have the entire hut for 12 adults.  The deposit is $163.00 per person.  Please e-mail me with your interest.

The route to the hut is 8.3 miles on forest service roads near Leadville, CO.  More info on the hut is at:  https://huts.org/hut/fowler-hilliard-hut/