El Cerro de Los Lunas Preserve For those looking for a place to ride south of Albuquerque, El Cerro de Los Lunas Preserve just might be for you! If you’ve ever driven on I25 South past Los Lunas, you’ve actually seen this fairly large and easily-accessible preserve whether you realized it or not. Sitting just west of the interstate and accessed from NM State Road 6, El Cerro de Los Lunas Preserve provides access to miles of trails surrounding the volcanic butte (El Cerro, or "the hill")...

Golden Open Space - Solitude in the East Mountains If you’re looking for a great place to ride that is both relatively close to both Albuquerque and Santa Fe and that still feels like it is well off of the beaten path, consider heading to Golden Open Space. This wonderful open space trail system is managed by the City of Albuquerque's Parks and Recreation Division and is just north of Sandia Park and west of Golden, encompassing about 1,200 acres with wonderful views of the surrounding...

Jack’s Creek Equestrian Camp and Trailhead Pecos Baldy Lake with East Pecos Baldy in the background, July 2019. One of my favorite places to ride in New Mexico is the Pecos Wilderness, within the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico. The Sangre de Cristos span the border between New Mexico and Colorado and make up the southern terminus of the greater Rocky Mountain range. Whenever people from out of state ask where I would recommend that they ride in New Mexico, I think of the...