Top 3 Ghost Town Hikes: Glorietta Ghost Town, NM

My wife and I hiked this last week as our first warm-up hike for our climbing vacation visit to Santa Fe. It is a great trail and the old town remnants are interesting. There are a couple of mine shaft entrances nearby as well. They are not particularly dangerous as the shafts were cut into solid rock and there is no danger of collapse. We continued on the trail past the town and linked up with the road that goes to the summit of Glorieta Baldy and hung out at the old fire tower for awhile. All in all a great New Mexico hike.

My wife and I hiked this a couple of weeks ago in late July. Nice, gentle hike and very interesting to look at the old abandoned cars and ruins of the old town. Another great hike from the same trailhead is Glorieta Baldy.
We like to stop at Harry's Roadhouse after hiking in the Pecos area. My wife finds the Sangria to be quite rejuvenating!

My wife and I did the hike just a few weeks ago. Pretty interesting and a fun hike. We got rained on a couple times but that just makes it a bit more of an adventure. "Ghost Town" is a bit of a stretch but it is interesting to hike along and look at the old building and car remains.

We were there on Sunday and Bobcat Bites was closed, but the option we found that day was superb. Backroad Pizza, 1807 Second St in Santa Fe. We're new to the area but we found it using our GPS. Excellent pizza and great atmosphere. I highly recommend. And just one added comment about the chilis, around here people don't ask do want chili, they will simply ask "Red, or green?"

Bob is right - the NM State "Question" is Red or Green? meaning what kind of Chile do you want? Chili is good in Chicago.

I can vouch for Bobcat Bite's burgers too. We plan to do this hike soon with our 7 and 8 year olds since we live a few miles away. Thanks for the info BP mag.

Bobcat Bite has a green CHILE cheeseburger. Chile is the NM state vegetable. Chili is something you find at a Texas chili cookoff or in a can from Hormel.