New mexico, Cimmaron

[Alpinestar]

i am an eagle scout and a year ago our troop went to philmont new mexico for a 65 mile backpacking trip in cimmaron newmexico at philmont scout ranch, and iwas wondering if anyone has done some wheelin around those parts cause i remember many 4 wheel drive trails.

[Jonathan Hanson]

Sorry I don't know any trails around there, but nice backpacking trip Alpinestar! I hope you never totally forsake journeying under your own power. There's no feeling to match it.

[The BN Guy]

I found these. Hopefully I'll be able to get over there and wheel soon too!

http://www.webejeepin.com/Trails/New_Mexico/Trails_NM.htm

http://4wheeldrive.about.com/od/newmexicotrails/

http://www.nm4w.org/

[flyingwil]

Ha! My brother in law was at Philmount this summer. He loved it. this was his second year going there.

As for NM trails, I am sure you can check with the Forest service and see what trails you can go on legally. As for Philmount, I thought that area of land was owned by the Boy Scouts?

Wil

[DesertRose]

Hi guys - nice thread. It's beautiful country up there.

I think perhaps this thread might get more mileage, so to speak, in the Planned Adventures:Other forum, rather than Conservation and Land Use, which is suited to issues of access (as in fights for or against), use and abuse, etcetera.

If you post a reply, just put it in that Forum and continue on from there?

Otherwise, Scott would need to do all the coding to shuffle it along....

[pangaea]

Northern New Mexico is one of my favorite areas, but I haven't had a chance to do any 4x4 exploring. From what I've heard, there's a lot of public land up there that is relatively unexplored from a four wheeling perspective.

Maybe the thing to do is just head out there with a GPS and Dolorme Atlas and see what you find. I've been thinking about just such an adventure for quite some time.