New Mexico · Cross-country skiing · Near Santo Domingo Pueblo

Challenge Trail

0.2 mi
round trip
70 ft
climb
10,289 ft
high point
Out and back
route

Is Challenge Trail open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Sandia Ranger District. It doesn't name Challenge Trail, so check the source for the area it covers (3 listed).

  • Area Closure for Recreation Residence Structures and Property at 91 Casa Loma Road

    Agency closure covering Sandia Ranger District · Order 03-03-05-26-14 · USFS · Sandia Ranger District

  • Area Closure for Recreation Residence Structures and Property at 69 Casa Loma Road

    Agency closure covering Sandia Ranger District · Order 03-03-05-26-13 · USFS · Sandia Ranger District

  • Area Closure for Sandia Crest “Switchback” Hazard Tree and Fuel Reduction Project

    Agency closure covering Sandia Ranger District · Order 03-03-05-26-02 · USFS · Sandia Ranger District

  • Sandia Ranger District Road & Area Closure for National Forest Road 462 Maintenance

    Agency alert covering Sandia Ranger District · Order 03-03-05-26-24 · USFS · Sandia Ranger District

  • Mountainair and Sandia Ranger Districts Stage 1 Fire Restriction Lifted

    Agency alert covering Sandia Ranger District · Order 03-03-00-26-20 · USFS · Sandia Ranger District

As of · Source: USFS · Sandia Ranger District. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Challenge Trail is a short cross-country ski route in the Sandia Ranger District of Cibola National Forest, New Mexico, managed by the Forest Service. It is a connector linking Challenge and Ellis to the Sandia Nordic trails, and it is groomed in winter. The route runs about 0.2 miles one way, or roughly 0.4 miles as an out-and-back. It sits high, between about 10,200 and 10,290 feet, and climbs about 70 feet one way. That makes it a brief link between longer routes rather than a destination of its own. Dogs are allowed. Within a few tenths of a mile are the Sandia Xc Ski Loop (15) (Groomed), Service Road 488 and Klaus. The Yucca Flower Tower climbing area lies about half a mile away.

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  • Sleep close

    Campbell Scout Ranch

    Campground

    Campground · 4.7 mi from the trail
  • If it rainsJim Legans, Jr from Albuquerque, New Mexico, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Tinkertown Museum

    Museum

    Museum · 4.8 mi from Santo Domingo Pueblo

    Folk art museum in Sandia Park, New Mexico

Places © OpenStreetMap contributors · Photos: Jim Legans, Jr from Albuquerque, New Mexico, CC BY 2.0 (commons)

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