Pam Neely’s Thru-Hike guidebook. Courtesy/LAM

By BILL PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaneers 

The Oct. 28 Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Pam Neely, the creator of the Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike. In this presentation, she will introduce this new hike, which has been over a decade in the making.

We call all adventurers to learn about this new long-distance trail in New Mexico. The Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike goes from Santa Fe Plaza to Taos Plaza – 132 miles over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

The route is now extensively documented in a new guidebook. Come find out more about the trail and hear answers to the most common questions about the thru-hike. The information could be invaluable to anyone considering the route.

Neely is the founder of the Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike and the creator of the route. She is the author of The Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike Pocket Guide, a certified Wilderness Responder, a past Search & Rescue volunteer, and a 20-year resident of New Mexico.

We welcome all to this Mountaineers’ meeting, held on the usual fourth Tuesday of the month. The social hour, with cookies, begins at 6:45 p.m., followed at 7 p.m. by the program. The presentation will be in-person at Los Alamos Nature Center; the slides will be live-streamed on Zoom.

Registration is required for Zoom and recommended for in-person – we would love to see your smiling face. Registration details can be found at https://peecla.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/peecla/event.jsp?event=61054&.