Thursday, August 27, 2009
Los Alamos Mesa Trail
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Los Alamos Mesa Trail
Length: 0.4 mile paved
Elevation Gain: 10 feet
Parking: At East Park
Used by: walkers, joggers
Use: Moderate
Connecting Trails: Graduation Canyon and Pueblo Canyon Rim trails
Narrative: The Los Alamos Mesa Trail is a hard-surfaced, ADA compliant trail along the south rim of Pueblo Canyon. The trail connects East Park with the Pueblo Canyon Rim Trail. Excercise stations and interpretive signs are located along the way. The trail offers an easy stroll and is accessible to wheelchairs and child strollers.
Trail Adopter: Sallye Sibbett
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Trail is now partially clear after the recent snow, but very icy in places under the trees - caution! I have not been walking the extension since the snow.
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We like to take visitors on this trail, starting from the west end at East Park. Beyond the east end of the paved trail at Nambe Loop, we continue on the original trail through the woods to the gravel service road behind (north of) the airport hangars and a maintenance building. There, two ancient catwalks stick out into space, and even without daring the scary catwalks everyone has a clear view of the Pueblo Canyon trail way down below. The airport main building has a public water fountain and bathrooms.
ReplyDeleteThe extension of the Los Alamos Mesa Trail, the Pueblo Canyon Rim Trail, has been cleared and improved by the Los Alamos/Española Youth Conservation Corps. The crew cut back brush, improved retaining walls, and widened the tread. The trail was extended to the Pajarito Cliffs site and makes a connection to the Camp Hamilton Trail.
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