Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Gold Hill, Taos, NM
During our week in Taos Sara and I had one day to ourselves. We took advantage of this day to hike in perhaps my favorite hiking area ever! This hike leaves from the Taos Ski Valley parking lot and climbs up a gravel road, the same road that leads to Wheeler Peak. But instead of heading north from the road, we hiked up a stream valley to the south and reached Gold Hill (elevation 12,xxx). I love hiking above tree-line in this area as it makes me feel like I'm floating in the sky. I love hoofing it up a steep trail to reach an area with beautiful views and relatively easy, flat hiking. After the obligatory self-portrait at the top of the hill, we headed back down for some nachos at the Ski Valley base. Yum!
