The Donkeyshoe Trail
A Multi-Day Adventure Trek Through Northern New Mexico
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About the Donkeyshoe Trail
The “Donkeyshoe Trail” is a challenging multi-day trek through northern New Mexico, for adventure hikers. This epic trail between Santa Fe and Taos is in very early stages of development. Your intrepid trail route developers are continuing their “expeditions” to fine-tune the route. We will post updates as new parts of the trek are announced…
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Expedition #3
May 21, 2022 The plan for today’s hike starts with taking the Railrunner commuter train from downtown Albuquerque north to Santa Fe. We caught an early train and arrived in Santa Fe around eight in the morning, and then called an Uber to take us to our starting point — the quiet hamlet of Tesuque.…
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Expedition #2
April 9-10, 2022 In mid-April we drove back north on NM 285 past the village of Pojoaque and turned onto Route 503, aka “Nambe Road,” aka “High Road to Taos Scenic Byway.” Along this road was the Trail Head and parking area for hikers heading into the Nambe Badlands. We would not be hiking to…
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Expedition #1
March 11-12, 2022 In mid-March we embarked on our first expedition, driving back to Las Vegas, NM on a Friday afternoon and staying overnight at the Plaza Hotel, situated on a historic central plaza typical of many of New Mexico’s small towns, pueblos, and even the larger cities like Santa Fe and Albuquerque. The next…
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Maps and Planning
Pete attempts to get an “aerial view” of our table with all the atlases and online maps, apps, trail hiking books, and one or two bottles of wine during a route-planning session for one of our early expeditions.
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A Crazy Idea
During a Thanksgiving Weekend in 2021 four friends – Peter & Lindsay, and Pete & Patricia – took Amtrak’s “Southwest Chief” from downtown Albuquerque NM to Las Vegas NM for an overnight at the historic Casteñeda Hotel. The Casteñeda was one of the original “Fred Harvey Hotels” established in the early 1900s to provide fine…