Monday, May 17, 2021

Sandia Mountains Hike - New Mexico

 While camping at Kirtland AFB in New Mexico, we completed several day hikes in the Sandia Mountain Range. These hikes were to strengthen our hiking skills for our upcoming 8-day Colorado Rafting Trip.  Our first hike was the Whitewash Trail. 


The trail begins over the bridge and goes directly ahead to the base of the mountain.


Here is Kathy before we start our climb to the top. 


As you can see, we traverse some formidable rocks on our way to the top.  


The trail was well identified throughout our hike.  

 

On weekends the trails are well packed by local residents and their dogs. 



During our hike we noticed several climbers getting ready to repel down the rock face. Unfortunately, we never got to see any of them actually repel.   






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