- Description: Santa Fe Canyon is the best birding Santa Fe has to offer! It's diversity of ecosystems provide habitat for a huge number of bird species. The diversity of ecosystems means its also a wonderful place to see wildflowers. Join us for a stroll through the Canyon and learn about life in and around riparian zones in the high elevation Southwest.
- Dates: Year round
- Start time: 9AM
- Length: 3 hours
- Activity Level: easy, approximately 2mi hike
- Food: snacks & water
- Price: $29.99 per person
Santa Fe Canyon: A Riparian Oasis
Diablo Canyon: Volcanoes, Rifts, and the Rio Grande
- Description: Join us for a hike through Diablo Canyon to the Rio Grande. Learn about how this fascinating landscape was formed by volcanoes, tectonic forces, rifts, and water. Witness the incredible scenery as you walk through a lava lake on your way to the Rio Grande.
- Dates: Year round
- Start time: 9AM
- Length: 4-5 hours
- Activity Level: moderate, 5-6mi and 300ft elevation gain
- Food: snacks, water
- Price: $39.99 per person
Nambe Badlands: Expansive Vistas, Cryptobiota, Fossils, and Erosion in the Rio Grande Rift
- Description: Join us for a hike into the Nambe Badlands and take in expansive vistas of both Jemez Mountains bounding the Rio Grand valley to the West, and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the East. Buttes, towers, and beautiful ridges abound as we hike through the ever changing badlands. Learn about how this fragile landscape formed; the cryptobiotic soils that hold it together and nourish it; and the important paleontological secrets discovered amongst its sediments.
- Dates: Year round
- Start time: 9AM
- Length: 3-4 hours
- Activity Level: moderate, 5mi and 500ft elevation gain
- Food: snacks, water
- Price: $39.99 per person
New Mexico in the Moonlight: Hiking under the full moon
- Description: Join us for a magical night hiking under the full moon. When the full moon rises over the Sangre de Cristos, it transforms the high desert surrounding Santa Fe. See the beauty of New Mexico at night, as we walk by moonlight. Listen to coyotes howl, the wind blow through the junipers, and the silence of night. Gaze up at the moon, see the twinkling lights of Santa Fe and Los Alamos, and maybe even glimpse a Moon Ring. Experience New Mexico like you never have before.
- Dates: October - May
- Start time: late evening, varies by moonrise and sunset
- Length: 2-3 hours
- Activity Level: easy to moderate, 2-4mi
- Food:
- Price: $29.99 per person
Borrego: Secrets of the Sangre de Cristos
- Description: With elevation varying between 8,000 and 9,000 feet, the Borrego trail is a stunning walk through montane forest. Along the way you'll experience a variety of micro-habitats as you hike through aspens, confifers, and along Big Tesuque Creek. Learn about life in the Southern Rockies and experience a wide-diversity of birds and wildflowers. Join us for this magical 4 mile hike.
- Dates: May - November
- Start time: 9AM
- Length: 4 hours
- Activity Level: moderate, 4mi and 1000ft elevation gain
- Food: snacks & water
- Price: $39.99 per person
Alpine Wildflowers: Little Fireworks of the Rockies
- Description: Summer above 10,000 feet in the Sangre de Cristos is wildflower season. As snow recedes and days lengthen, wildflowers explode in the subalpine forests and alpine meadows. Throughout the summer different wildflowers bloom creating a tapestry of reds, yellows, blues, whites, and purples. Join us for a high altitude adventure as we seek out the amazing diversity of flowers.
- Dates: May - August
- Start time: 8AM
- Length: 5 hours
- Activity Level: variable, from moderate to difficult. 4-8mi
- Food: snacks, water
- Price: $49.99 per person
Mushroom Hunting: Dangers and Delights in the Rockies
- Description: Mid to late summer means mushroom season in the mountains. Join us for a mushroom hunting adventure in the high elevation subalpine forests of the Sangre De Cristos. We will learn to identify the delicious and the poisonous on this off-trail adventure."
- Dates: July - September
- Start time: 8AM
- Length: 5 hours
- Activity Level: moderate, 3mi and 1000ft elevation gain
- Food: snacks, water, and any edible mushrooms we may find!
- Price: $59.99 per person
A Blaze of Yellow: Fall among the Aspens
- Description: Late September into October is the time for fall colors in New Mexico. The forests of the Sangre de Cristos are transformed into a sea of yellow and gold as the forest prepares for winter. Hike through massive stands of aspen that turn the trail into a carpet of yellow and bathe visitors in a golden glow. Join us for this magical walk in the woods.
- Dates: September - October
- Start time: 1PM
- Length: 3-4 hours
- Activity Level: moderate, up to 5mi and 600ft of elevation gain
- Food: snacks, water
- Price: $39.99 per person
