"Beautiful vista. Hiked the La Luz Trail to La Cueva Overlook and then on up to the Sandia Crest. Odd story - we intended to hike to the Sandia Tram, but a crime scene along the trail closed the La Luz to the tram, so we changed course to the Sandia Crest. " — rick-brown • Oct 21, 2023

"First time back to Sandia Crest since 1999. It's odd to see it so empty and kind of left behind- I guess the tramway has taken all the funding and the people? Still gorgeous. Next time I'll do the hike to North Sandia Peak, but I was with my mom so we just did the simple nature trail and walked around the Crest. " — psychikingjes • Oct 6, 2023

"Beautiful evening hike from ver rugged Water Canyon Road to the summit near the Magdalena Ridge Observatory. Followed the two-track from the road to the summit. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!" — rick-brown • Aug 18, 2023

"Oh hey, 2 summits for one! Who knew?? This started off as a 1-hr trail run, but someone planted the seed and I couldn't be deterred from going for the summit. I was told it was two miles closer than it ended up being, and this was quit the climb on no breakfast and a handful of gummi bears. I called a friend to pick me up at the top, mostly because going back down would be way too hot for my dog. Bad decisions were made, but I got two more summits, and no one died, so... WIN!" — tmetz1226 • Jun 17, 2023

"Took this one on with my three dogs based on review of ample shade, but it's 50/50 shaded at best. Road to the trailhead isn't something I'd attempt even in my Outback, so we added another mile to our hike to park on the groomed road. Trail is in bad shape, with ample thorn and sticker bushes to walk through. My. shins are torn up, and I spent an hour tweezering stickers out of my shoes and socks after the hike. I'd have been lost without my AllTrails route downloaded. The upside is no other hikers on the trail at all. We saw a skunk, a frog, some deer, and came within 100 yards of a HUGE bear around mile 2. !!! We had just stopped to video the leaves of some cedars fluttering in the breeze so were being quiet. 30 seconds after we started moving again I see a HUGE bear rump about 100 yards ahead of us. He noticed us at the same time and took off in the opposite direction. whew! After staying put and making a lot of noise to be sure no others around, and pulling out my bear spray just in case, we carried on and had no further sightings. We hit the peak at 4.4 miles, and it is a very nice view! Lots of notes in the logbook - we missed missed meeting another group by one day. After a..." — tmetz1226 • Sep 17, 2022