Trail Races & Routes in New Mexico
Explore 136 trail running and hiking routes across New Mexico. 0 organized races and 136 training routes covering distances from 2.4 mi to 472.5 mi. Elevation gains range from 48 ft to 69,520 ft. Preview every trail in 3D flyover with segment breakdowns.
Key Takeaways
Total Routes
136
Races / Routes
0 / 136
Distance Range
2.4 mi - 472.5 mi
Elevation Range
48 ft - 69,520 ft
Most Popular Distance
Other (93)
Surface Type
98% Trail
| Route Name | Location | Distance | Elevation Gain | Type | Race Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe Ridge Trail (TX, NM) | Eddy County, New Mexico | 2.4 mi | 509 ft | route | — |
| Atalaya Mountain | Santa Fe, New Mexico | 3.1 mi | 1,788 ft | route | — |
| Atalaya Mountain | Santa Fe County, New Mexico | 3.1 mi | 1,788 ft | route | — |
| Knife Edge Ascent to North Sandia Peak | Sandoval County, New Mexico | 3.6 mi | 3,468 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 097 - Gila Flat Trail | Grant County, New Mexico | 4.1 mi | 333 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 025 - Cassidy Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 4.3 mi | 1,669 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 078 - Middle Fork Mimbres River Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 4.3 mi | 48 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 020 - Jordan Canyon Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 4.3 mi | 298 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 773 - Wolf Hollow Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 4.3 mi | 1,664 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 127 - Ladrone Gulch Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 4.3 mi | 1,314 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 031 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 4.4 mi | 325 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 082 - Powderhorn Ridge Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 4.5 mi | 2,279 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 029 - Chicken Coop Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 4.6 mi | 210 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 106 - Circle Seven Creek Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 4.6 mi | 2,750 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 169 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 4.6 mi | 2,335 ft | route | — |
| Capitan Peak Trail | Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico | 4.6 mi | 2,889 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 148 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 4.8 mi | 1,947 ft | route | — |
| North Base Trail | Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico | 4.8 mi | 1,310 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 075 - Aspen Canyon Trail #75 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 5.1 mi | 1,321 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 042 - Caledonia Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 5.1 mi | 920 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 105 - North Fork Palomas Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 5.2 mi | 2,289 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 039 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 5.2 mi | 979 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 175 - Clayton Mesa Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 5.2 mi | 303 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 156 - Prior Creek Trail | Catron County, New Mexico | 5.3 mi | 491 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 101 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 5.4 mi | 1,376 ft | route | — |
| Pierce Canyon Trail | Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico | 5.5 mi | 2,658 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 111 - Spud Patch Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 5.5 mi | 3,636 ft | route | — |
| CDT jejGH | Rio Arriba County, New Mexico | 5.6 mi | 247 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 771 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 5.7 mi | 250 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 813 - Byers Run Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 5.8 mi | 2,270 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 053 - Meadows Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 6.0 mi | 500 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 171 - Iron Creek Mesa Trail #171 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 6.1 mi | 253 ft | route | — |
| Ghost Ranch Trails | Rio Arriba County, New Mexico | 6.3 mi | 1,231 ft | route | — |
| Organ Needle (NM) | Doña Ana County, New Mexico | 6.4 mi | 3,622 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 177 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 6.5 mi | 1,567 ft | route | — |
| CDT jooGR | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 6.5 mi | 631 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 212 - Southfork Whitewater Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 6.5 mi | 177 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 247 - Spring Canyon Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 6.6 mi | 1,043 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 172 - Iron Creek Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 6.6 mi | 312 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 709 - Military Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 6.7 mi | 188 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 023 - Sam Martin Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 6.9 mi | 2,373 ft | route | — |
| GWT -214 - Little Whitewater Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 7.1 mi | 1,659 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 403 - Brushy Mountain Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 7.2 mi | 842 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 038 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 7.5 mi | 895 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 206 - Redstone Trail #206 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 7.6 mi | 2,959 ft | route | — |
| Acoma-Zuni Trail | El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico | 7.6 mi | 159 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 027 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 7.6 mi | 61 ft | route | — |
| Chupadera Wilderness National Recreation Trail | Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico | 7.6 mi | 1,793 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 218 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 7.7 mi | 2,474 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 706 - Flying V Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 7.7 mi | 1,642 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 716 - Middle Mesa Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 7.8 mi | 304 ft | route | — |
| La Luz Trail (NM) | Bernalillo County, New Mexico | 7.9 mi | 3,317 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 804 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 7.9 mi | 780 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 224 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 8.0 mi | 3,630 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 152 - Mogollon Baldy Tail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 8.0 mi | 434 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 121 - Sids Prong Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 8.2 mi | 3,268 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 092 - McKnight Canyon Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 8.2 mi | 532 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 161 - Little Creek Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 8.3 mi | 180 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 107 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 8.4 mi | 2,901 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 221 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 8.7 mi | 4,295 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 028 Big Bear Canyon Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 8.7 mi | 1,750 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 096 - Apache Creek Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 8.7 mi | 1,820 ft | route | — |
| CDT jefGH | Carson National Forest, New Mexico | 8.8 mi | 497 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 307 - Ash Creek Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 9.0 mi | 2,829 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 102 - Turkeyfeather Montain Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 9.0 mi | 2,754 ft | route | — |
| CDT jolGR | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 9.0 mi | 2,346 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 114 - Holden Prong Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 9.2 mi | 214 ft | route | — |
| Sandia Knife's Edge of the Shield – Chimney Canyon Variation | Sandoval County, New Mexico | 9.2 mi | 4,010 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 095 - Brannon Park Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 9.5 mi | 218 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 030 - Trotter Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 9.8 mi | 1,866 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 117 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 10.0 mi | 4,747 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 180 - Little Dry Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 10.1 mi | 1,290 ft | route | — |
| Aldo Leopold Wilderness Trails | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 10.3 mi | 2,009 ft | route | — |
| CDT jeqGH Ghost Ranch Old route now alternate | Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico | 10.5 mi | 604 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 189 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 10.7 mi | 2,584 ft | route | — |
| South Base Trail | Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico | 10.8 mi | 1,860 ft | route | — |
| Baylor Canyon Pass Trail (NM) | Doña Ana County, New Mexico | 10.9 mi | 2,876 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 158 | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 11.0 mi | 3,707 ft | route | — |
| South Sandia Peak (NM) | Bernalillo County, New Mexico | 11.0 mi | 3,776 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 094 - Black Canyon Trail | Grant County, New Mexico | 11.1 mi | 538 ft | route | — |
| CDT jmhGR | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 11.2 mi | 1,695 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 072 - Black Canyon Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 11.6 mi | 2,159 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 700 - Rocky Canyon Trail | Grant County, New Mexico | 11.7 mi | 980 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 110 - North Seco Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 11.8 mi | 4,058 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 724 - Gila River Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 12.0 mi | 548 ft | route | — |
| CDT juy | Luna County, New Mexico | 12.6 mi | 609 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 207- Whitewater Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 12.7 mi | 5,178 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 708 - Tom Moore Canyon Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 13.1 mi | 607 ft | route | — |
| CDT jre | Sierra County, New Mexico | 13.2 mi | 1,219 ft | route | — |
| CDT jmjGR | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 13.2 mi | 801 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 026 - Green Fly Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 13.5 mi | 1,678 ft | route | — |
| Santa Fe Baldy (NM) | Santa Fe County, New Mexico | 13.5 mi | 3,626 ft | route | — |
| CDT jox | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 13.5 mi | 3,866 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 162 - Ring Canyon Trail | Catron County, New Mexico | 13.6 mi | 2,409 ft | route | — |
| CDT joiGR | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 13.6 mi | 2,003 ft | route | — |
| East Fork via Lost Lake | Taos County, New Mexico | 13.8 mi | 2,116 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 772 - CCC Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 13.9 mi | 2,584 ft | route | — |
| CDT jhoMT | Cibola National Forest, New Mexico | 14.0 mi | 3,375 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 068 - South Diamond Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 14.1 mi | 2,684 ft | route | — |
| Butterfield Trail | Luna County, New Mexico | 14.7 mi | 237 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 182 - Crest Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 16.3 mi | 2,180 ft | route | — |
| CDT jrm | Luna County, New Mexico | 17.0 mi | 353 ft | route | — |
| Sandia Loop: 365-Pino-Embudito (NM) | Bernalillo County, New Mexico | 17.2 mi | 4,380 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 067 - | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 17.5 mi | 5,532 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 040 - Upper Main Diamond Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 17.9 mi | 3,292 ft | route | — |
| GWT - 160 - Granny Mountain Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 18.7 mi | 3,657 ft | route | — |
| CDT jmlGR | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 18.8 mi | 1,506 ft | route | — |
| Truchas Peaks Linkup (via Trampas Lakes) | Rio Arriba County, New Mexico | 18.8 mi | 6,150 ft | route | — |
| Hillsboro & Sawyers Peaks (NM) | Grant County, New Mexico | 18.9 mi | 3,892 ft | route | — |
| ALW - 077 - Mimbres River Trail | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 19.1 mi | 3,117 ft | route | — |
| CDT jrs | Luna County, New Mexico | 19.2 mi | 412 ft | route | — |
| CDT juu | Florida Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern, New Mexico | 19.3 mi | 3,611 ft | route | — |
| CDT jrp | Luna County, New Mexico | 20.4 mi | 867 ft | route | — |
| Trampas Lakes to Jack's Creek TH via Truchas Peaks | Carson National Forest, New Mexico | 20.7 mi | 5,567 ft | route | — |
| Trampas Lakes to Jack's Creek TH (via Truchas Peaks) | Mora County, New Mexico | 20.7 mi | 5,567 ft | route | — |
| San Mateo > Blue Mountain via Apache Kid Trail | Socorro County, New Mexico | 20.7 mi | 6,040 ft | route | — |
| San Mateo Peak & Blue Mountain (NM) | Socorro County, New Mexico | 20.7 mi | 6,040 ft | route | — |
| Crest Trail T25 (NM) | Lincoln County, New Mexico | 20.9 mi | 4,248 ft | route | — |
| Watermelon Loop in the Sandias (NM) | Bernalillo County, New Mexico | 21.1 mi | 4,411 ft | route | — |
| CDT jot | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 22.0 mi | 3,458 ft | route | — |
| CDT jkcCC | Cibola National Forest, New Mexico | 24.5 mi | 1,349 ft | route | — |
| CDT jov | Gila National Forest, New Mexico | 26.6 mi | 5,787 ft | route | — |
| Truchas Peak (NM) | Rio Arriba County, New Mexico | 27.2 mi | 6,365 ft | route | — |
| CDT jkjCC | Catron County, New Mexico | 27.8 mi | 1,432 ft | route | — |
| Sierra Vista Trail (NM) | Doña Ana County, New Mexico | 28.5 mi | — | route | — |
| CDT juw | Luna County, New Mexico | 28.8 mi | 1,416 ft | route | — |
| Mount Taylor (NM) | Cibola County, New Mexico | 30.3 mi | 4,645 ft | route | — |
| Rim Trail (T105) | Otero County, New Mexico | 31.5 mi | 4,279 ft | route | — |
| Taos Traverse (NM) | Taos County, New Mexico | 32.1 mi | 10,479 ft | route | — |
| Rim Trail (105) | Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico | 35.7 mi | 5,880 ft | route | — |
| Crest Trail #130 (Sandia Mtns, NM) | Bernalillo County, New Mexico | 47.2 mi | 11,188 ft | route | — |
| Sierra Vista Trail | Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico | 66.5 mi | 1,708 ft | route | — |
| Enchanted Circle (NM) | Taos County, New Mexico | 84.3 mi | 6,302 ft | route | — |
| The Santa Fe to Taos Thru-Hike (NM) | Rio Arriba County, New Mexico | 251.0 mi | 52,402 ft | route | — |
| Monumental Loop (NM) | Doña Ana County, New Mexico | 289.1 mi | 16,175 ft | route | — |
| Northern New Mexico Loop (NM) | Taos County, New Mexico | 472.5 mi | 69,520 ft | route | — |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many trail races are in New Mexico?
There are 0 organized races and 136 self-supported routes available in New Mexico.
What is the average elevation gain in New Mexico?
The average elevation gain is 3,301 feet, with routes ranging from 48 to 69,520 feet.
What distances are available in New Mexico?
Available distances include: 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon, 50K, 50 Mile, 100 Mile, Ultra.
Can these trail routes in New Mexico be used for hiking?
Yes. 98% of these routes are on trail surfaces, making them suitable for both trail running and hiking. The terrain analysis and elevation profiles help hikers plan their adventures just as effectively as runners.
What's the best time of year to run trails in New Mexico?
Trail running conditions in New Mexico vary by season and elevation. Check the race date column for organized events, which are typically scheduled during optimal weather windows. For year-round training routes, elevation profiles help you plan for seasonal conditions.
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