Contact Info
1710 N. Riverside Drive
Española, NM 87532
- Phone:
- 505-753-7331
Basics
- Length:
- .5 mile
- Difficulty:
- Intermediate
- Time:
- 30-45 mins
- Trailhead Elevation:
- 10000 feet
- Elevation Range:
- 10000 feet to 10400 feet
- Elevation Change:
- 400 feet
- Usage:
- Light
- Season:
- Spring to Fall
Description
The Upper Nambe Trail serves as a shortcut from popular Winsor Trail 254 to the Rio Nambe. The trail is a pleasant meandering hike downhill through a thick stand of aspen and meadows down to the junction with the Rio Nambe Trail 160. From here one can hike upstream or downstream along the Rio Nambe, but a short hike downstream from this junction will bring you to the meadows of La Vega, a popular camping spot just below the shoulders of Santa Fe Baldy.
Tour Companies
Outspire Hiking and Snowshoeing
- Santa Fe Area
- Snowshoeing, Hiking
- 505-660-0394
From alpine to desert, Outspire guides enrich your experience by giving context to your hike. So that your destination is not only what you see, but a sense of where the area fits in New Mexico's history, geology and natural world. Our hiking guides are experienced, enthusiastic, and motivated to share the joy of being outside! Day hikes and winter snowshoe outings are planned to suit your interests and fitness.Helpful Links
Tour Companies
Outspire Hiking and Snowshoeing
- Santa Fe Area
- Snowshoeing, Hiking
- 505-660-0394
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The Upper Nambe Trail offers a number of opportunities close to the trailhead. It provides day hikers the opportunity to make a loop hike to the high meadows of Puerto Nambe and to return without backtracking the whole way.
It offers an easier route to the Rio Nambe than the much steeper Lower Nambe Trail 403. Additionally, this trail allows a visitor to get away from the large number of Winsor Trail users, without having to get far into the Wilderness.
Map + Directions
Basic Directions
Trail 101, Upper Nambe Trail, intersects with the Winsor Trail 254 about one half mile east of the turn off to Nambe Lake and the crossing of the upper Rio Nambe. After crossing the Rio Nambe, Trail 254 heads north along a hillside through heavy aspen and fir. The turnoff to Trail 101 comes just about where the trail turns east again toward Puerto Nambe. It is signed, well used, and an easy turnoff to locate.
