On Saturday I headed up to Santa Fe to find a sporty little hike just off of the ski basin road. Santa Fe's mountain breezes make a mid-day hike possible, even when it's hot in the 505.
The Chamisa trail is right off the road, and very well traveled. It would probably be even more well traveled were it not for it's ridiculous, immediate vertical. The hike is 2.5 miles one-way to the junction with the Windsor trail at the Tesuque Creek bed, which I found to be dry.
In those 2.5 miles, you ascend/descend 1000 ft. Which, for those of you who suck at reading a topo map as bad as I do... you're gonna feel it in your hips and glutes.
There wasn't much to see except these wacky martian plants. Not sure what they are, but the sure looked Suessical!
Fairly worn out from the hike out, and somewhat docile (for her) I let Dixie have some free range time as we retraced our steps back to the car.
I liked this hike for its ease of location and serious altitude hill work, but the best part of the day was relaxing at the Santa Fe brewery with a sampler tray of delicious beers and purchasing a new growler to add to my collection.
*HIKERS NOTE: Cell service sucks in S.F. so plan your hike before you leave home, and don't think you will be able to google trail numbers, or directions once you start driving up Artist Rd.
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