Sandia Mountain Wilderness

Brad, how about the Grand Canyon or southern utah?

Jack,

Thanks

We thought about it but logistics didn't work out as well. A few need to be out for early flights on Sunday. Albuquerque is close to both of these options.

Brad

The Pecos (Santa Fe) still had a bunch of snow a few weeks back and even neighboring Ski Santa Fe had 100% of their ski runs operating at that time.

The Sandias (Albuquerque) had some high lingering snow but most of the mountain looked dry from the city a couple days ago. Backpacking was allowed a few years back but leaving a vehicle at any of the typical trailheads (east or west), required coordination with the Forest Service and/or Albuquerque's "Open Space" office ->Police Dept so they know you left a vehicle overnight intentionally.

Might be able to patch some public transport and urban hoofing to the western trailheads to avoid the whole rental thing.

Thanks for the information.

Brad