Go take a hike!Don’t know where to hike? Don’t want to go alone? Want to get to know some really neat people? The Red River Outdoor Group resolves these issues for you with weekly hikes of all levels. And best of all, they are always guided, free, and open to everyone! Tourists are welcome, including the four-legged kind.
The Outdoor Group coordinates its schedule with the Community House hiking schedule, the Moreno Valley Trekkers, and the Rio Grande Wild Rivers Area to provide 4 to 7 hikes every week for all levels - easy, intermediate, and difficult.
Once a month the Outdoor Group gets together for a potluck dinner and slide show of the hikes that month (and lots of bragging!)
The Group is so informal that one member said of the Group: “We ain’t got no officers, no dues, no membership, no nothin’. We just like to hike!”
Hikes Scheduled for This Summer Include:
Pescado Trail, Rio Grande Wild Rivers Area - A new easy trail along the top of the Red River Canyon to the overlook of the Red River Fish Hatchery
Guadalupe Mountain, Rio Grande Wild Rivers Area - Striking views of Rio Grande Gorge, north into Colorado, and of the landmark volcano Ute Mountain
Enchanted Forest’s Pièce de Résistance Overlook - Great views of Wheeler Peak
Columbine-Hondo Trail to Gold Hill - A dramatic trail to Gold Hill
Red River Nature Trail - An easy trail for families
Flaggie Mountain - Great views of Red River from downtown Red River
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Zapata Falls - The highest sand dunes in the US
Wheeler Peak - A difficult, rewarding day hike; an even better 2- or 3-day hike
Latir Lakes and Peak - Views of the majestic nine lakes in a canyon, all within one mile
Middlefork Lake - Everyone’s favorite hike to an alpine lake at 10,820 feet elevation
Elephant Rock - Views of Gold Hill
West Fork and the Big Ditch - An amazing 42-mile ditch to carry water from the Red River over the mountains to Elizabethtown
Baldy Peak - Overlooking the high alpine Moreno Valley and Eagle Nest Lake and providing the most majestic view of Wheeler Peak and Gold Hill.
To receive the monthly schedule of hikes, beginning in June, contact Eddie Dry at: eddiedry@hotmail.com or call (575) 754-3364.