Past Trips

To mark the last day of summer, let's hike to a mountain lake in the Pecos Wilderness, with views of the east side of the Santa Fe Baldy. The trail will take us through grassy meadows, aspen groves, and deep conifer forests.

This is an 11-mile loop hike with a 2,100 ft elevation gain. The drive from Los Alamos to the trailhead, near Cowles, takes about two hours. Expect an all-day outing.

Join Your Fellow Mountaineers for a Trail Cleanup!

Help keep our local trails beautiful by joining us for a community trash pickup event.

When: Saturday, September 20th at 9:00 AM

Where: Meet at the Los Alamos Smith's parking lot

What to Expect:

• The county will provide gloves, trash bags, and trash pickers

• LAM will provide breakfast burritos from El Parasol to fuel your efforts

• We’ll wrap up by 11:00 AM

We have only a few hikes remaining for this season. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate for next Friday evening.

We will meet at the Ski Hill parking lot and begin hiking up the service road at 5 PM.  Please bring a dish to share, your own plate, utensils, and beverage. Warmer clothes, rainngear, and a headlight for the hike down the mountain are highly recommended.

Please be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend.  This allows me to contact you if there is a cancelation as has occured for the past two weeks. 

Ellen Mills

To see the trip description and sign up, go to the PEEC's event webpage at the following link: https://peecla.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/peecla/event.jsp?event=58484&…;

The next ski hill potluck hike is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 12th - weather permitting.  We will meet at the ski hill parking lot and begin hiking up the service road at 5:00 PM.  Please bring a dish to share, your own plate, utensils, and beverage.  Warmer clothing and raingear are highly recommended.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend.  If there is a cancelation due to weather, I will be able to notify you.

Ellen MIlls

efmillsnm@gmail.com

The next hike will be Saturday, Sept. 6th.  We will meet at the ski hill parking lot and begin hiking up the service road at 5 PM.  Please RSVP if you plan to attend.  Weather has been a potential concern the past several weeks.  Having a list of participants allows me to make contact if there is a cancelation due to weather or road closures.

It is much cooler on the mountain than a few weeks ago.  Warmer clothes and reaingear are highly recommended.

This will be a 7-day backpacking trip in the Wind River Range, WY. The drive to the trailhead is ca. 12 hours (more including stops for gas and food), so will add 2 days to the total trip length. I am planning a 50-mile loop that is largely off-trail. We will revisit one of my favorite areas (the Cooks Lakes) and hit on a few spots that I missed last time (such as the Alpine Lakes). Mileage per day is planned to be moderate so there is time to enjoy the scenery, and to account for the fact that moving off-trail is significantly slower.

To get into the wild and away from the crowds on the busy Labor Day weekend, we have reserved a block of slots with a commercial company for a trip down the Rio Chama, running 31 miles through the Wild and Scenic Rio Chama Wilderness. The trip will leave on the morning of Saturday, August 30 and end on Monday, September 1. The company says “The trip consists of a float through the stunning colorful sandstone and limestone walls of this amazing canyon and finishes up near the renowned artist village of Abiquiu.

We will meet at the ski hill parking lot and begin hiking up the service road at 5:00 PM.  Please bring a dish to share, your own plate, utensils, and beverage. Rain gear and warmer clothing for the top are recommended. There is about a 900 foot elevation gain and the hike up takes about an hour.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT - There is now a second picnic table at the paltform where we eat dinner.  We will hold a dedication "ceremony" for this new addition to the dinner hike! 

2-night backpack this coming weekend, with a mid-morning departure on Friday and a noonish/early afternoon return on Sunday. Destination TBD, maybe the Pecos Wilderness, or the Red Lake area. Something with a short drive. 

Let me know if you are interested.