Past Trips

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.

 SORRY - This trip is now full.

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

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.  

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.

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 

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.  

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.

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.

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.

This is not an official Los Alamos Mountaineers event, but it is being posted as a general interest item for our club members.

When: Thursdays at 6 AM

Where: Bottom of Aspen Lift; Skin to P-Tree or top of Mother lift