New Mexico Outdoors Blog
Cumbres & Toltec Railroad Known Locally as the Chama Train
If you're looking for a meeting of the old and the new, try the all day Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad trip. Not only will you get to ride in a living museum narrow gauge train, eat a hot homestyle lunch in a hidden valley, and meet people from all over the world,...
Pecos River La Gruta
La Guta, Our Lady of Guadalupe Groto, built and maintained by Pedro Gallegos in Villanueva, New Mexico. Villanueva is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. Known as La Cuesta until 1890, it is located...
Pecos River Fishing Public Access Villanueva State Park
Heavy monsoon rains muddy the Pecos north of the park entrance in mid June 2022. Villanueva has long been a trout-fishing destination. The department regularly stocks the stretch of river flowing into the park with rainbow trout during the winter. Trout prefer cooler...
Elk Cabin Rental at Cottonwood Meadow Ranch Trout Fly Fishing
The Elk Cabin will accommodate up to 4 adults or 2 adults and up to 4 children. Included within a generous living area are a wood stove fireplace, satellite flat screen TV, Queen size bed, 2 full-size sleeper futons, full-size kitchen, microwave oven, and a full bath...
Trout Cabin Rental at Cottonwood Meadow Ranch Trout Fly Fishing
Cottonwood Meadow Ranch offers two, newly built, 725-square foot cabins on the Rio Costilla River. These cabins are located in a secluded area within 100 feet of the river. You can walk out onto the covered porch and enjoy the view of the local mountain range,...
Cottonwood Meadow Ranch Trout Fly Fishing Cabin Rentals
Take a break from life by staying in one of our vacation cabin rentals and enjoy fly fishing at our vacation ranch in Northern New Mexico. Cottonwood Meadow Ranch is a secluded 70-acre ranch located on the Rio Costilla River. Nestled between mountains in the Sangre de...
Galesteo Basin Pueblo San Cristobal Ruins
Pueblo San Cristobal differs from many of the pueblos in the Galisteo Basin in its greater use of stone as a building material. It is also noteworthy for its prolific rock art in the adjacent boulder field and cliffs and for the Spanish convento with church wall...
White Bluffs Near Santa Fe NM
The white rocks are pretty and it is peaceful. It is down a dirt road and a little difficult to find the first time that you go. It is just a short hike and is nor developed making it a relaxing place.It is definitely worth a visit. White Bluffs is in the Cliffs...
Orvis Clearwater Fly Rod Outfit
Since 1856 Orvis has been making high-quality, durable gear and clothing with the outdoors in mind, and the new Clearwater Fly Rod Boxed Outfit is hands down the best fly rod outfit you can buy for the money. Everything has changed except the value. The new Clearwater...
Southwest Chief Lamy to LA
Amtrak's Southwest Chief leaving Lamy Station for Las Angeles. The Southwest Chief, formerly the Southwest Limited and Super Chief, is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2,265-mile route from Chicago to Los Angeles. One train each way daily. It runs between...
Amtrak Southwest Chief Arriving at Lamy, New Mexico
The Southwest Chief, formerly the Southwest Limited and Super Chief, is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2,265-mile route from Chicago to Los Angeles. One train each way daily. It runs between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California, passing through...
Lamy New Mexico
Lamy is 18 miles south of the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The community was named for Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy, and lies within the Bishop John Lamy Spanish Land Grant, which dates back to the eighteenth century. The Santa Fe Railway originally planned to run...
Pecos River Tributary Winsor Creek Trout Fishing Public Access
Located 20 miles north of Pecos on NM 63, one and a half miles on FR 121. Uses: Fishing, Hiking, Backpacking. Facilities: Vaulted toilet. Special Instructions: NO CAMPING ALLOWED. NO WATER. NO HORSE TRAILERS. Public fishing on the lower Pecos River is permitted at...
Pecos River Valley
The Pecos River originates high up in the Pecos Wilderness Area of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains just north of Santa Fe, NM. A handful of tiny streams loaded with small browns, cut-bows and cutthroats flow into the Pecos above Cowles. Below Cowles the stream becomes...
Public Access to Cimarron River Trout Fishing
The first dozen miles of the Cimarron River (from Eagle Nest Lake to Ute Park, New Mexico) are known for fine trout fishing. Stocked trout include rainbow and brown. The river is maintained by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish at a trout density of...
Rio Pueblo de Taos Bighorn Sheep
Rio Grande Gorge, where a few dozen Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep released in 2006-2007 have multiplied to a population of 280 in 10 years. Bighorn sheep were absent from the gorge until 2006, when the Taos Pueblo released 23 onto the landscape. The Department of New...
Santa Fe The City of Rage
I retired to Angel Fire nineteen years ago. While building a dream retirement home on the Angel Fire ski mountain lived in Tesuque for a year. Moved back to Santa Fe two years ago. During the seventeen years in Angel Fire visited Santa Fe regularly, probably monthly...
Rio Pueblo New Mexico Trout Fishing Public Access
One of the most popular trout fishing streams in the New Mexico. Paralleled by highway 518 along its entire length. Headwaters above Tres Ritos (Angostura and Alamitos Creek). Many campgrounds. Heavy thunderstorms overnight clouded the water for this video. New Mexico...
Yamaha Rhino Off Road the High Mine Trail
A 7 mile mountainside trail to a mountaintop mine overlooking Lake Mohave, Bullhead City, Arizona and Laughlin, Nevada. The morning is still, and clear. It’s just you and the great wide open. This is the joy of riding. Whether your ride of choice is an ATV covered in...
Rio Grande River Whitewater Rafting 2 Flipped Out
Quick action by professional river guide quickly retrieved 2 rafters flipped overboard at Big Rock! Class I to Class III rapids (easy to moderately challenging) with names like: Big Rock, the Narrows, and Souse Hole. We’ll serve refreshments and snacks at the end of...
Rio Grande Whitewater Rafting the Gorge Race Course Big Rock
Class I to Class III rapids (easy to moderately challenging) with names like: Big Rock, the Narrows, and Souse Hole. We’ll serve refreshments and snacks at the end of the trip and then return you to your vehicle and dry clothes! March through June are typically high...