Past Trips

Llama Assisted Boulder/Escalante Canyon Country Adventure May 13-21, 2017

Canyoneering is one of my favorite outdoor activities, and I look forward to the annual Zion National Park trip.  That is an amazing experience.  But, I hunger for other adventures.  After the Zion trips, I have been exploring the Escalante region with Laura and Roy Bohn.  And I’ve been exploring Moab canyons with Melanee and David Hand.  The five of us have decided to explore more of Utah this May.

Ultralight Backpacking Gear Clinic

Sunday May 7th, 1:00pm-4:00pm  NOTE DATE CHANGE

Urban Park, Los Alamos

Instructor:  Rick Light

Doug Scott's book on New Mexico slot canyons mentions a Talus Canyon at the south end of the Ghost Ranch area - see http://www.dougscottart.com/hobbies/SlotCanyons/TalusCan.htm. It seems worth an explore to me. Let's drive up Sunday and have a look, and practice our canyon skills. I'll bring a short rope to help the less experienced over anything that is medium steep, but the trip will not involve vertical climbing. We'll leave Los Alamos at 9:30 this Sunday morning, April 23.

Let's do a hike from north to south across Bandelier National Monument.

The hike will begin at Ponderosa campground.  We will hike down to the Upper Crossing in Frijoles Canyon and then up and out of the canyon to upper Alamo Canyon.  The hike turns east down Horse Mesa to the Stone Lions, then turns south into Capulin Canyon near the old (now burned) ranger cabin.  Then we will hike up and out of Capulin Canyon following the Boundary Peak Trail to the St. Peter's Dome road 142.   

Let's hike the Ancho Canyon (aka Ancho Springs) Trail to Blue Dot Trail.  This is a 10 mile hike, starting on State Route 4, 4 miles south of White Rock.  The hike follows a dirt road on the mesa for ~1.5 miles, then drops 2 miles into White Rock Canyon to Ancho Rapid.  The route follows the river trail for 4-5 miles north, passing the Red Dot Trail onto the Blue Dot Trail.  Then the final 1 mile is uphill out of the canyon to the Overlook Park in White Rock.

Join New Mexico Climbers Resource and Advocacy Group (NMCRAG) and the Access Fund's Conservation Team for an Adopt-A-Crag volunteer work day at the El Rito Sport Climbing area. Meet at the El Rito Sport Climbing area parking area at 9:30am on Saturday, March 4th. 

Heidi Rogers is opening her home in the Brazos to be a base for a weekend of snowsports at Cumbres Pass and vicinity.   As of January 10th (could put in a later date, because it will snow all week!), there is beginner and intermediate X-C skiing or snowshoeing at the Edward Sargent's Wildlife Area, just north of the village of Chama.  And there are lots of options for beginner/intermediate/expert X-C and snowshoe tours at Cumbres and La Manga Passes.

Note new dates (again): slipped by one more week

Three of us are planning a weekend trip to Wolf Creek for skiing, and we'd like to invite anyone else who might be interested. I would leave early Saturday AM, so as to arrive at the ski area not too late, ski all date, overnight at a motel in Pagosa with perhaps some hot tubbing, ski again at Wolf Creek on Sunday and drive home. Let me know if you would like to join us. Bill