Each season of hiking in Northern New Mexico offers its own delights, but for Aku Oppenheimer, the autumnal spectacle found in the mountains during a brief but brilliant flourish from late September ...

The view of Stewart Lake and Santa Fe Baldy through the trees above the lake's eastern shore. I consider patience to be among my core characteristics. To this day, my mom will brag to family, friends ...

SANTA FE, N.M. – A wildfire burning in the steep, narrow canyons of the Pecos Wilderness north of Santa Fe grew to more than 12 square miles Wednesday. Fire managers said it’s still too dangerous to ...

Two lightning-sparked wildfires have charred less than a dozen acres of the Pecos Wilderness, but forest officials have been getting plenty of calls about smoke from the two blazes. Two ...

As I crested a hill into the aspen-dotted meadows of the Pecos Wilderness, a flock of indigo-colored swallows filled the sky with rolling chirps. Seeing these purple martins felt like a brush with old ...