Tag: Sacramento Mountains

This is a picture I took of a green field up in New Mexico’s Sacramento Mountains that is used to graze cattle on.

Basic Information Name: Mexican Canyon Trestle Trail Where: Cloudcroft, New Mexico Max Elevation: 8,596 Distance: 2 miles Elevation Gain: 503 feet Time: 1-2 hours Difficulty: Easy – Moderate

Here are some pictures from a route that I often take to drive up into the beautiful Sacramento Mountains in southern New Mexico.  This route is Highway 82

This is a picture of the Sacramento Escarpment just south of Alamogordo, New Mexico.  The canyon in the center of this photo is the infamous Dog Canyon and

Previous Posting: Dog Canyon, New Mexico – Part 2 ________________________________________________ After completing my hike to the top of New Mexico’s Dog Canyon Trail, I still had another 7

Prior Posting: Dog Canyon, New Mexico – Part 1 _______________________________________________ After finishing up my water break at the old cabin of Francois Jean Rochas known as “Frenchy” by

Basic Information Name: Dog Canyon Trail Where: Oliver Lee State Park, New Mexico Elevation: 7,782 feet Distance: 11 miles round-trip Elevation Gain: 3,611 feet Time: 6-8 hours Difficulty:

Earlier this winter I took a trip to see the snows of New Mexico’s Sierra Blanca Peak.  During that trip my wife and I took County Road 532

About two hours north of El Paso is the nearly 12,000 foot peak of Sierra Blanca located near the charming village of Ruidoso: This scenic mountain is part