Showing posts with label Los Duendes Loop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Los Duendes Loop. Show all posts

Friday, October 31, 2025

Golden Open Spaces: Los Duendes Loop and part of the Arroyo Seco Trail

We drove to Golden Open Spaces northeast of Albuquerque to the Los Duendes Trailhead and hiked the Los Duendes Loop and from the viewpoint partway down along the Arroyo Seco Trail, 6 miles with 400 ft of overall gain. Nice views, clear skies, interesting rocks in the arroyo and wildflowers! We had distant mountain views as we hiked the Los Duendes Loop Trail (counterclockwise) up on the juniper covered mesa.
some views as we hiked down and back along part of the Arroyo Seco Trail, then returning to the Los Duendes Loop and continuing to the trailhead
some of the wildflowers we saw today along the trail