Starting out from the Williams Lake trailhead at Taos Ski Valley, this backcountry trip requires a 3-mile snow climb up to the top of Lake Fork Peak with a scenic and thrilling ski descent back down the northeast side of the mountain. The trail is heavily used all season so finding the trail should be pretty simple. There are multiple options and routes for the descent, some trickier than others, including a chute that can be a challenging thrill. Be sure to check current avalanche conditions before setting out.

Enchanted Tower is the prominent and classic feature in the Enchanted Tower area west of Socorro. Best access is on the indicated private road. Please leave the gate as you found it. The owners ask that you not drive on their road at night because the headlights shine into their home. They are currently friendly to climbers so please be respectful and keep it that way. This is the south and southeast face. It's shorter than the west face and can generally be rap'd with a 60 m rope.

Indecent Exposure Buttress is the prominent rock formation on the west side of North Mountain in Hueco Tanks State Historic Park. Hueco Tanks is most famous for it's bouldering, but also has some excellent routes mostly on the North Mountain. The park is heavily regulated and visiting the ranger station is mandatory. The primary purpose is to protect its historic sites so please follow the rules. Indecent Exposure Buttress has the tallest routes in the area including some nice 3 pitch routes.

Raven's Wall is at the west end of Mosaic Rock and North end of Beastie Alley in Tres Piedras crags west of Taos. Tres Piedras is one of the rare granite crags west of the Rio Grande Rift. The rock is good quality and most routes are single pitch face climbs. Several quality cracks can be found as well. Many of the routes are old school so go prepared with backup trad gear for the long run-outs, even on some of the sport routes. Much of the area is on private property so please be respectful so that access privileges continue. Raven's Wall is named for the large, old Raven nest in one of the cracks near the top. It has one known, excellent sport route, Jaws.

Corner Block is a large block that fell from the cliff between North Wall and Red Wall at the north end of Box Canyon near Socorro. 4 of the 5 routes share the same anchor. Routes can be lead with a little run-out exposure or top-roped by climbing the back of the boulder.

Tallest routes in the Las Conchas canyon of Jemez Valley. Also the hardest routes. It's pretty easy to identify with it's large leaning rock blocks. There are a couple moderate routes, but most are more challenging.

Cakewalk Wall is the first climbing wall you come to from the parking area on the north in Hueco Tanks State Historic Park. Hueco Tanks is most famous for it's bouldering, but also has some excellent routes mostly on the North Mountain. Many climbers come here in winter months to escape the snow. The park is heavily regulated and visiting the ranger station is mandatory. The primary purpose is to protect its historic sites so please follow the rules. Cakewalk Wall is what you'd expect on the left side, but not so much on the right. Descend by walking off the back left side.

Dihedral Wall sits about half way down the cliff on Palomas Peak near Albuquerque. As expected, it contains a few really nice dihedrals. A couple of the most classic dihedral routes are Green Eggs and Ham and Baba Louie.

This wall sports the kind of slabby climbing that is typical of Palomas Peak. Routes average in the 5.11 range, but there are a couple 5.7 and 5.12.

North End Routes is at the far north end of the Rough and Ready Hills. The whole crag is situated in the dessert remotely on a cliff. It's one of the newer climbing areas in New Mexico and established by nearby college students. The north end tends to get more wind than the other areas on the cliff. The easiest routes are also here.