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100 Hikes in New Mexico
* Twenty-nine all-new hikes
* Explore trails ravaged by the 2000 Cerro Grande Fire
* Over 13,000 of the previous edition sold
New Mexico offers a surprising variety of terrain to from the Chihuahuan Desert in the south, to remarkable alpine lakes in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the north. Includes easy one- and two-mile day jaunts, numerous eight- to 12-mile hikes, and 20-plus-mile backpack trips for the more ardent adventurer.
Interesting on-the-trail information such as the history of old mining camps, homesteads, and ghost towns is included. Most hikes are quickly accessible from the urban centers of Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
* Explore trails ravaged by the 2000 Cerro Grande Fire
* Over 13,000 of the previous edition sold
New Mexico offers a surprising variety of terrain to from the Chihuahuan Desert in the south, to remarkable alpine lakes in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the north. Includes easy one- and two-mile day jaunts, numerous eight- to 12-mile hikes, and 20-plus-mile backpack trips for the more ardent adventurer.
Interesting on-the-trail information such as the history of old mining camps, homesteads, and ghost towns is included. Most hikes are quickly accessible from the urban centers of Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
269 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2002
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May 31, 2011
This book was terrible. The written directions for our backpacking trip to the san pedro wilderness were correct to a point. then we discovered the map's compass was facing the wrong direction, there were numerous trails that did not exist any more (even though the book is less than a year old), the trails that were on there were marked poorly in the park and the mileage on the book was wrong, and the trail we took to get out was a dead end, forcing us to waste a whole day back tracking.
Also, it seemed as if the author had never been to the site, only researched it through others, as the landscape was not as he described and the "Spectacular views" were nothing short of a major letdown.
This book is terrible, needs to be re-written and fixed, or else less experienced people could wind up in major trouble out in the woods.
Also, it seemed as if the author had never been to the site, only researched it through others, as the landscape was not as he described and the "Spectacular views" were nothing short of a major letdown.
This book is terrible, needs to be re-written and fixed, or else less experienced people could wind up in major trouble out in the woods.
April 17, 2009
To truly have fun, you must have 4 wheel drive in NM. I loved White Sands--don't have to stick to the Alkali Flats trail. The recommendation on the Petroglyphs hike outside Tularosa was an excellent idea--really cool. Some of these hikes are dicey, though; I'll go back with a compass and a 4WD with some guts. So, so beautiful out there. Tons of hikes we'd like to try still.
We'll make our own version called: random little hikes you can take just by walking up a dry creekbed or off of random fire roads. Or, how to hike along a timberline in 70 mile gusts without falling 3000 feet into a canyon. Or, places to pee when driving 150 miles on a road that has no towns or services, just ravens and open space.
We'll make our own version called: random little hikes you can take just by walking up a dry creekbed or off of random fire roads. Or, how to hike along a timberline in 70 mile gusts without falling 3000 feet into a canyon. Or, places to pee when driving 150 miles on a road that has no towns or services, just ravens and open space.
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