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New Mexico truly is the Land of Enchantment. It boasts many different climates and cultures, and offers much to hikers. You can hike through caves, atop tall mountains, and around ancient ruins. We've provided links to some great New Mexico hiking resources, as well as a list of guide books that can help you find your way through this great state.
Resources
- Local Hikes: New Mexico
Listing of hikes in the Albuquerque area posted by local hikers. Each is documented with a map to the trailhead, a map of the trail, elevation changes, photos, and more.
- Albuquerque Journal: New Mexico Treks and Trails
The largest newspaper in the state provides a good collection of trail articles from around New Mexico.
- Explore New Mexico
A good sampling of hikes around the state. Lots of good info on each hike, including GPS coordinates.
- New Mexico Mountain Club
The New Mexico Mountain Club sponsors exciting outdoor adventures throughout the year for members and guests. We do hiking, technical rock climbing, backpacking, camping, snowshoeing, skiing, and cycling. Their activities vary from easy to strenuous; we have something for every taste and skill level.
- New Mexico Outdoor Sports Guide
Your guide to Fly Fishing, Hiking, Camping, Kayaking, Canoeing, Skiing, Hunting, Whitewater Rafting and Outdoor Vacations in New Mexico.
- Outspire!
Private Hiking and Snowshoeing Guides in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Books
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A detailed guide to dozens of day, destination, loop, and shuttle hikes in New Mexico's most natural places.
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Offers detailed entries for 100 Hikes across New Mexico. Includes day hikes, as well as trails for backpackers.
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52 great hikes within one hour of Santa Fe-Taos. Includes dayhikes and multi-day backpack trips. Just published in April, 2004!
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While not a hiking guide, this encyclopedic volume is a wonderful work to introduce visitors to the magnificence of Chaco Canyon. The entries in this wonderful reference are intended to be accessible to visitors and general readers, but also to provide brief information for specialists. A history, an account of exploration and investigation, and an annotated bibliography are included.
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Lace up your boots and sample fifty-three of the best trails in New Mexico's Aldo Leopold Wilderness - a vast, 202,016-acre wonderland of canyons, valleys, mesas, long ridges, and lofty peaks. From great volcanic spires and spectacular cliff formations to dry pinyon-juniper woodlands and rolling virgin ponderosa pine forests, the diversity of the trails in Hiking New Mexico's Aldo Leopold Wilderness should please nature lovers and history buffs alike.
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If you've never visited Carlsbad Caverns, you are really missing something. This book covers over 130 miles of trails through these two national parks, both above ground and below. Includes written trail descriptions, elevation charts, photos, and detailed topographic maps.
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Hikes are chosen for kid appeal: they feature things to do and see along the way, whether it be a waterfall slide, a tadpole pool, or a mysterious cave lined with petroglyphs. Trips are rated by age range and difficulty.
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New Mexico's 555,000-acre Gila Wilderness is a vast untrammeled patchwork of virtually unlimited forest types, climatic conditions, and wildlife. This rugged landscape boasts sweeping tundra, hot springs, mountain views, and deep gnarled canyons. Within Gila's boundaries, you can follow trails to views of the breathtaking peaks of the Mogollon Range, wonder at ancient cliff dwellings, and wind your way along stream-ribboned ponderosa forests.
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