Pacheco Canyon

Started at Tesuque Village Rd. Rd was dry and rough in a few places. Never used 4 x4, just higher clearance was nice. Beautiful fall colors. Ended at 475 with no issues.

Road was in good shape with some shallow ruts, a few water filled holes (1 ft deep). The lower end had some rocky areas where it was a little washed out. 2Hi took care of most of it. Met three vehicles and a few mountain bikes.

Lovely trail through the canyon with lots of different foliage. Big ole Petunia the Sprinter van had no trouble. It rained for part of the trip and conditions quickly got a bit muddy. Was a nice relaxing ride

Easy ride with some areas of mild clearance challenges due to rutting. A few puddles left from the previous nights rain, but didn’t an issue.

Several mountain bike riders were out. Take it slow.

The sign says it is closed from November 15 through April 15, but it was still closed today on April 20. A native man happened to be there and let us through the gate (part of the road goes through Tesuque Pueblo land). The road was perfectly fine. Hardly any snow left, a few trees had fallen over the winter and are on or near the road, and the lower part of the road had some rockier parts, but nothing too bad. The gate heading to the ski basin was also closed. Short trip, but it was nice to get out. Great sunset on the way back.

The lower portion of the trail towards Pojoaque had a closed gate as well as some melting snow and ice. Past the gate looked to possibly have more snow cover.