New Mexico
ModeratePoison Canyon Road to El Malpais — Zuni-Acoma Lava Field Desert Rim via Cebolita Mesa
Lava field rim run in the New Mexico badlands.
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Overlanding Trails in New Mexico
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New Mexico
ModerateLonesome Highway — Breaks of the Rio Puerco to Sky Village via Cabezon Peak Road
A volcanic badlands run to New Mexico's broken tooth.
New Mexico
ModerateLonesome Highway — Guadalupe Mountains Back Road to Dog Canyon via Salt Basin Overlook
Salt Basin flats and the Guadalupe's forgotten north face.
New Mexico
DifficultLonesome Highway — Gila River Backcountry to Mogollon Ghost Town via Sandy Road
Shelf road to a ghost town above the Gila Wilderness.
New Mexico
DifficultSawmill Road to Picuris Peak — Carson National Forest Sangre de Cristo Desert Divide via Vadito
Sangre de Cristo solitude above Taos.
New Mexico
ModerateSawmill Road to Cloudcroft Backcountry — Lincoln National Forest Sacramento Mountains Divide via Timberon
New Mexico's sky-island divide, the hard way.
New Mexico
DifficultSawmill Road to Gila Lower Box Canyon — Mogollon Rim Desert Gorge via Apache Creek
Basalt walls, river crossings, zero crowds.
New Mexico
ModerateBrokeoff Mountains Rim Road — Jemez to Valles Caldera via Redondo Peak Divide
Volcanic caldera rim on loose Jemez gravel.
New Mexico
ModerateLonesome Highway — Jemez Mountains High Road to Valles Caldera via Forest Road 376
Supervolcano rim road, elk, obsidian, solitude.
New Mexico
ModerateCoyote Ridge to San Pedro Parks — Santa Fe National Forest High Mesa Circuit via Nacimiento Peak
New Mexico's boggy subalpine mesa on FR 70.