Four New Mexico outdoor destinations I'm excited to see in 2023
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- 04 Apr 2023
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Strong winds whipping up tumbleweeds across the high desert is a sign that spring is upon us. With temperatures on the rise, it’s about time to break away from winter roots and get rolling.
Every year around this time, I start to get antsy for the warmer months to come, formulating a general outline of potential outdoor adventures.
Through past trips, word of mouth, perusing YouTube videos and combing through blogs, I’ve built up a lengthy list of places in New Mexico I’ve been yearning to check out.
Some locales barely have a presence online, and it’s challenging to dig up information to prepare for a trip. Others are such obvious and well-known destinations it’s embarrassing to admit I haven’t yet visited them after four years living in the state.
Here are four New Mexico outdoor destinations I plan to see in 2023:
The view from a lookout point in Cañon Largo in the Sabinoso Wilderness. The canyons carved by the Canadian River in Eastern New Mexico offer stunning and seldom-visited landscapes.
Matt Dahlseid/New Mexican file photo
Canadian River Canyon
I was smitten with the Canadian River Canyon upon first sight when my friend’s Jeep pulled us up to the picturesque parking lot of the Sabinoso Wilderness and we gazed out over the colorful sandstone cliff walls.
We spent the day hiking the remote wilderness in San Miguel County without seeing another person in the stunning setting — a satisfying reward for a two-hour drive from Santa Fe to a place we barely knew anything about. Read More…
