Albuquerque: Nambe Lake
This 6-mile out-and-back adventure serves up mountain forests, a peaceful creek, and an unbeatable lunch spot on the banks of a small alpine lake.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 4.9
Waypoints
NLT001
Location: 35.7958984375, -105.804649353027
Trailhead: Hang R near privy into a majestic spruce forest
NLT007
Location: 35.8091316223144, -105.785148620605
Keep R, hugging the creekbed
NLT004
Location: 35.807731628418, -105.799629211426
Straight @ 3-way
NLT010
Location: 35.8009185791016, -105.776901245117
Knockout view: Lake Peak’s rocky base shines in the sparkling blue (but fishless) waters of Nambe Lake. Retrace your steps back to trailhead
NLT008
Location: 35.8050384521484, -105.785926818848
Roughly follow the drainage on a faint trail, crossing creek several times
NLT003
Location: 35.8010063171387, -105.801422119141
Hike over wooded col between Aspen Peak and a nameless 11,212-foot summit
NLT006
Location: 35.8100128173828, -105.791778564453
Short descent; listen for the swift flow of the Rio Nambe
NLT009
Location: 35.8021545410156, -105.780143737793
Pass through a quiet alpine meadow before the final push
NLT005
Location: 35.808910369873, -105.795265197754
Cross into Pecos Wilderness; head E under aspen and spruce
NLT002
Location: 35.7961158752441, -105.804565429688
Veer R; climb switchbacks
Advisory: Forest Service asks hikers not to bushwhack or cut switchbacks through fragile vegetation ahead