There are countless backcountry loops possible around the Jemez Mtns. One of our first rides in the Los Alamos area was at Valles Caldera National Preserve and you can read about that here. We returned for a ride in...
Pajarito Loop
From our boondocking site we can see the top of Pajarito Ski Area. Derek created a mountain bike loop that took us up to the top, around the mountain and back down. It was 14.3 miles but had a...
East Fork Trail
East Fork Trail between Los Alamos and Jemez Springs is pretty popular in certain sections so we picked midweek to have more solitude. Even then, we passed a handful of hikers. I can’t imagine how busy it gets on...
Quemazon – Guaje Ridge Loop
This is a recommended route on MTB Project and I get why. I think it may be one of the top rides we’ve done in the past few months. It is hard. Our day was 21 miles with 3517′...
Water Canyon & American Springs Loops
Our planned ride for the day was a bust. We couldn’t find a connecting trail through an overgrown mountainside with downed trees EVERYWHERE. Back at the car and 7.5 miles with 1000′ of climbing in, we decided to try...
Valles Caldera National Preserve
Today we rode a big loop out at Valles Caldera National Preserve. Valles Caldera is a volcanic crater that lies atop a dormant supervolcano. The caldera is one of the largest calderas on earth at 13.7 miles in diameter...
Last of Taos
Junta Canyon Highpoint Forest Road 76 through La Junta Canyon goes from near the Sipapu Ski Area over to Angel Fire. We decided to ride out and back to the highpoint making for a 26 mile ride with 3227’...
Rift Valley, Taos
Rift Valley Singletrack After our big ride the other day we decided to take it easy on our ride today. Plus it started to spit rain so we cut our ride short. Our loop was 12 miles with 933’...
Where Are We?
Like I said in previous posts, we are never really sure what we are in for each day when we set out on our rides. This day was the closest we have ever been to getting panicked about making...
La Cueva Canyon Loop
Our boondocking spot is incredibly quiet nestled in a little clearing among towering ponderosa, spruce, cedar, and gamble oak. We had a pretty good blast of rain yesterday evening that magnified the fragrance of the forest. Wet, warm pine...