Past Trips

1. Trip Overview

The July LA Mountaineers monthly meeting will be a special 'meet and greet' format at Camp May picnic pavilion with a goal of social mingling to meet future adventure partners for mountaineering, canyoneering, hiking, climbing, riding, rafting, ...

Join Clarissa & Bill for a 1 hour pre-campfire hike.  Meet at 530 pm at the west end of the Pajarito Mtn parking lot.  We'll hike out towards Canada Bonito - returning by 630 pm to join the campfire fun at the Camp May Pavillion  

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

Are you ready for a nice, long day hike in the Sangre de Christo Mountains? Join Zack Baker with PEEC and the Los Alamos Mountaineers for this beautiful hike to Lake Peak and the Skyline Trail. Participants will meet at the Santa Fe Ski Basin parking lot (Winsor Trailhead) at 8 am. Expected return to the trailhead is 3pm.

The next Monday evening ski hill hike is this coming Monday, July 15th  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.  

This is a day hike in the northeastern corner of the Jemez Mountains, accessible from Abiquiu. It is hike #3 in the Salzman’s classic “Hiking Adventures in Northern New Mexico.” Per their guide, “this is a beautiful hike .. to the west of the Abiquiu Land Grant.. following little-used trails to a mesa top near the base of Polvadera Peak [3rd highest point in the Jemez]…The name means ‘canyon of the little springs.’ On the way back from the mesa top, the hike follows the valley, avoiding the more exposed top as the afternoon goes on and the risk of thunderstorms increases.

The Monday evening ski hill hike is this coming Monday, July 8th. 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.  

San Antonio Mountain is the very large dome just south of the Colorado line, seen to the west of highway 285 on the way north from Tres Piedras to Antonito CO. At 10,908 feet, it stands alone, a half mile above the sagebrush plains.  The hike will be a trailless climb of  2000 vertical feet and 5 miles round trip. From the top, we can look out for the long view over the Taos plateau. As of June 30, the weather looks promising, with the 5th seeming to fall in a relatively dry spell.

Join me on a backpack July 4 through 7 on a section of the CDT. Which section we'll do will depend on snow conditions. My plan is to set up a car shuttle, so we can do a stretch of trail without repeats. For now, let me know if you are interested, and we'll take it from there. Expect about 12+/-2 miles or so per full day (less on the driving days), depending on elevation gain. Return on Sunday will be early in the day so that we can get ready for work on Monday.