PAJARITO News:
It’s been an incredible ski season at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area and closing day is Sunday, April 14.
Mark those calendars for Mother’s Day Brunch at the Cafe May 12 and Summerfest and the kickoff to downhill mountain bike season on June 1. Read More
Daily Postcard: View of Pajarito Mountain Ski Area where the community is invited to an ‘End Of Ski Season Party’ 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, April 13. Wear throwback 80s Ski Gear as Pajarito is celebrating a fantastic, long ski season with live music and Bathtub Row will be pouring. There will be a barbecue on the deck and prizes for the best outfits. Click here. Courtesy/Pajarito Mountain Read More
Los Alamos County Golf Course, Courtesy photo
COUNTY News:
Judge Netting Mountain West will begin the Golf Course Pole and Netting Project the week of April 15, pending weather conditions.
This project is scheduled to be completed by early June.
Traffic Impact:
Heavy equipment will be introduced to the site in the first week of the project and remain there until the project is complete. Flaggers will be present to help guide motorists during this transition. Pedestrians on sidewalks will not be affected. Pedestrians who walk the golf course and golfers are asked to avoid the work area and Read More
Students playing Pickleball during a previous Hawk Hangout. Courtesy/Joan Lucas
SPORTS News:
To mark April (National Pickleball Month), the newly formed Pajarito Pickleball Club is now open to accepting members at www.pajaritopickleballclub.
Join in playing the fastest growing sport in America! Membership is $35/year and provides many benefits.
The Club will host a Kick-off event at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 13 at Pinon Park in White Rock. An orientation will be provided for those new to the sport and loaner paddles will be available for play.
The Pajarito Pickleball Club is a non-profit Read More
Taos angler Nick Streit. Courtesy/NMWF
NMWF News:
Taos angler Nick Streit will be the speaker at the New Mexico Wildlife Federation’s April “Wildlife Wednesday” presentation. The free event is 5:30 p.m., April 10 at Marble Northeast Heights Tap Room, 9904 Montgomery NE in Albuquerque.
Streit, owner of the Taos Fly Shop and The Reel Life fly shop in Santa Fe, will give a free presentation titled “Where are the fish? Reading water, finding trout and strategies to catch”. His presentation will include information on fishing the April caddis hatch on the Rio Grande.
Streit has worldwide fishing Read More
Daily Postcard: An angler casts a line on April 1 in San Antonio Creek in Valles Caldera National Preserve’s backcountry. Anglers can now apply for their 2024-25 fishing permit.‘We look forward to providing another wonderful season of world-class fishing to the angling community,’ Superintendent Jorge Silva-Bañuelos said. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/vall/planyourvisit/fishing.htm. Photo by M. Wilder/NPS Read More
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The 2024-2025 license season began Monday, April 1. You will need a new license if you want to legally fish. It will expire March 31, 2025. Licenses can be obtained online or purchased at license vendors throughout the state. They can also be purchased at State Department of Game and Fish offices. If you have a Colorado fishing license, the same dates will apply.
Streamflows are slowly rising. Spring runoff has yet to really begin and is likely to still be several weeks away. It looks like it will start peaking in late May. There is a good snowpack Read More
Members of the Pajarito Riding Club in White Rock saddled up Saturday morning despite the cold and wind to ride to Pig & Fig at 11 Sherwood Blvd. for some pastries and coffee. The riders are Antonya and Alyssa Sanders, Nancy Ambrosiano, Lena Lopatina, Laura Mullane and Deirdre Monroe. For those interested in learning more about the club, email pajaritoridingclub@gmail.com. Courtesy photo
Scene from Pajarito Riding Club members in White Rock outside Pig & Fig where they visited Saturday morning for some pastries and coffee. Pig & Fig’s owner and chef, Laura Crucet, center, came
ORD News:
SANTA FE — The Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD) of the New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) announces round 3 Trails+ Grant recipients.
Projects awarded will expand equitable access to the outdoors and grow New Mexico’s outdoor recreation economy.
Round 3 awards total $1,611,743 for 12 projects, bringing in an additional $1,567,237 in matching funding. Of the awarded projects, 75% are supporting rural and Tribal communities with grants ranging from $38,700 to the Southern New Mexico Trail Alliance to $500,000 to the City of Las Cruces.
The Outdoor Recreation Trails+ Read More
Construction activities underway on the Urban Trail Phase I & II Multi-use Trail Project. Courtesy/LAC
Construction activities underway on the Urban Trail Phase I & II Multi-use Trail Project. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Hasse Contracting Company Inc., under contract with Los Alamos County Public Works to construct the Urban Trail Phase I & II Multi-use Trail Project, will have construction activities at the following locations downtown and along and off Canyon Road during the week of April 8.
Weather permitting, areas impacted include (see included maps below):