Hiking La Luz Trail to Sandia Crest in Albuquerque

We hiked the La Luz Trail #137 in the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The hike is difficult and long, but extremely rewarding. The hike gains over 3,000 feet in elevation for 8 miles one way and has difficult terrain. We used the All Trails app for navigation.
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[@gjones0316]

Congrats on making it to the top, and thanks for sharing the experience! I grew up in Albuquerque but never did this hike. A year ago I decided to give it a shot and started training. Going up next week! I live in Houston now, so the elevation change will definitely have an impact.

[@FunInThe505]

Congrats making it to the top, I hope to as well later this month.

[@maxwill6408]

I hiked the La Luz Trail back 1991 just before I retired from the US Army. I was leaving along the cost in VA at the time, so I thought the altitude change would be my most major difficulty. As it turned it out because I had been in NM a week or so with a car trip to Santa Fe and Taos the altitude was not major problem. It was difficult for but lots of rest stops, a couple of apples and plenty of water made the trek possible (BTW I was 40 years old at the time). Our route was from the parking lot at the bottom of the Tram to the La Luz Trailhead and up to the Sandia Crest. We tock a short break then hiked to the Tram for a ride down to our vehicles. To make a long story short Good for you it might not mean much to people outside New Mexico, but you can always point to the Sandia Crest and say "I Climbed That"

[@garethleitner9547]

Congrats to you two! You persevered.

[@journeyJAMadventures]

Thank you!! 😊

[@veeherreraJanecka]

Thank you. Well done

[@journeyJAMadventures]

Thank you! It was tough

[@WingdingSlots]

Cool video! Did I hear you correct that you two had to walk back to your car from the Tram? La Luz trailhead is like 4 miles from there! I hope you got a ride! Glad you two liked Abq!

[@journeyJAMadventures]

Yes we walked back...not a good decision lol

[@austinstitzel]

I'm going to Albuquerque in October 2024.

[@journeyJAMadventures]

Have fun!

[@runningthesw5788]

How long did it take you guys to get to the top… from the Trailhead ?

[@journeyJAMadventures]

About 5 hours

[@austinstitzel]

I'm gonna guess that Jake is a Capricorn and Michelle is an Aries.

[@journeyJAMadventures]

Both Sagittarius 😁