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Trail 400 Nambe Lake Trail
 
Length: 1 miles
Difficulty: Difficult
Use: Heavy
Seasons: Spring, summer and fall
Highest and Lowest Points: 10,500 feet to 11,800 feet
Trail Access: The Nambe Lake Trail 400 is reached from the Winsor
Trail 254. Take NM 475 to the trailhead at the parking lot for Ski
Santa Fe, and follow the Winsor Trail 254 to the junction with Nambe
Lake Trail 400.
USGS Maps: Aspen Basin, Pecos Wilderness Map (2003 Edition)
Description:
The Nambe Lake Trail leaves the Winsor
Trail about two miles from the Pecos Wilderness boundary.
The trail climbs steeply up the canyon, following a major
fork of the Rio Nambe. There are numerous trails and paths
in the area, and often there are parrallel trails on both
sides of the stream. This can make it difficult for the hiker
who wonders which is the correct trail. Since the stream flows
from Nambe Lake, as long as you are hiking up river you are
headed in the right direction. Continue up the steep and braided
path and eventually, after a couple of boggy meadows you will
reach the shallow lake sitting in a high alpine cirque below
Lake Peak and Deception Peak. There is a large rock scree
slope just above the lake, and if it has been a wet winter
you may see the actual source of the Rio Nambe flowing out
of the scree and into the lake. |
Notes:
 This
is the closest alpine lake to Santa Fe, and as such receives
a lot of visitors.
The
trip is challenging due to extremely steep sections of trail.
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There is no camping or campfires within 200 feet of the lake,
or any of the lakes in the Pecos Wilderness. Since the terrain
in the area does not offer any legal campsites, Nambe Lake
remains a day trip.
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