"I did this route last year, but had forgotten how tough that first two miles is. There are sections of grade over 50%! Hiked, as usual, with my three dogs. Hot and sunny the whole way up, and we were low on water when we got to the turning point for Teuque Peak, so since I have three dogs to keep cool and hydrated, I decided to not attempt it. Little did I know that one mile later the sky would fill with clouds and thunder, soon followed by rain and eventually HAIL.... bummer! Next time." — tmetz1226 • Sep 30, 2023

"Saturday morning, August 12, 2023 I met 2 friends from Calvary Church in Albuquerque, Dave H. and David C. Calvary is the largest church in New Mexico and I have been going since 1988, when I was dramatically saved out of the “new agish other religion” darkness. I experienced it all! Since 1988 I have never heard a poor teaching, verse by verse through the Bible. The book I used to mock, the guidebook for life! We left at 5:30 AM, driving to the Santa Fe Ski Basin parking area. I needed a very obscure peak that is listed in Mike Butterfield’s book “Guide to the Mountains of New Mexico,” Peak 11,571 or also listed as Peak 11,564. I wanted the 2 Daves to have a wonderful experience so I planned other peaks to get them above the timberline. We started hiking at 7:50 AM heading north up Winsor Trail #254. The starting elevation was 10,260 feet. It was slightly cool with mixed clouds and blue sky. We followed a little stream for a while, then switched backed up the mountain to the edge of the Pecos Wilderness. We did not quite enter the wilderness but followed a trail east through a beautiful aspen and blue spruce forest. We made our first goal, Peak 12,027. There are 85, 12K and 13 ..." — Phil-Robinson • Aug 12, 2023

"Saturday morning, August 12, 2023 I met 2 friends from Calvary Church in Albuquerque, Dave H. and David C. Calvary is the largest church in New Mexico and I have been going since 1988, when I was dramatically saved out of the “new agish other religion” darkness. I experienced it all! Since 1988 I have never heard a poor teaching, verse by verse through the Bible. The book I used to mock, the guidebook for life! We left at 5:30 AM, driving to the Santa Fe Ski Basin parking area. I needed a very obscure peak that is listed in Mike Butterfield’s book “Guide to the Mountains of New Mexico,” Peak 11,571 or also listed as Peak 11,564. I wanted the 2 Daves to have a wonderful experience so I planned other peaks to get them above the timberline. We started hiking at 7:50 AM heading north up Winsor Trail #254. The starting elevation was 10,260 feet. It was slightly cool with mixed clouds and blue sky. We followed a little stream for a while, then switched backed up the mountain to the edge of the Pecos Wilderness. We did not quite enter the wilderness but followed a trail east through a beautiful aspen and blue spruce forest. We made our first goal, Peak 12,027. There are 85, 12K and 13 ..." — Phil-Robinson • Aug 12, 2023

"We backpacked out with snowshoes and camped at the treeline below Deception. We tried to hike Lake Peak but the ridge was too dangerous with all the loose snow. But we saw a few mountain goats watching us while we were there. The next day we planned on waiting for the sun to come up and hiking down, but we woke up in a cloud so we had to hike back in the cold." — matthewanderson • Mar 14, 2023

"One of the most beautiful places in New Mexico to view the changing of aspen to their golden fall color is the drive north of Santa Fe into the Santa Fe ski basin. The first or second week of October is typically the best time to see this spectacular color change. Someone added a very obscure peak to the peakbagger.com website, Little Tesuque Peak, elevation 11,182. Its prominence is only 42 feet and I could have had this several times before, coming off of big Tesuque Peak, which sits directly to the east. I also decided to hike beautiful golden Aspen Peak, 11,109. I hiked this peak once before. I went with my friend Dave H. We both go Calvary Church in Albuquerque and met in the church parking lot at 8:00 AM, Friday October 7, 2022. We headed north, stopping for some pictures along the way and were hiking a little before 10:00 AM. It was a very cool misty morning. The temperature was 41 degrees. I gave Dave an extra jacket. The starting elevation was 10,260. We parked in the ski basin parking lot, crossed over a pretty little stream, up the road a bit, then directly up a ski run. It was a little bit of a chug, but not overly difficult. It was beautiful seeing the misty cloud..." — Phil-Robinson • Oct 7, 2022