Field Report
No. 01
Santa Fe New Mexico, USA
Worth the flight.
- Coordinates
- 35.6870° N, 105.9378° W
- Traveled
- Every season
- Kid-readiness
- Built for it. Meow Wolf, pottery painting, private hot tubs, and waterfall hikes the little legs can finish.
- Where we stayed
- Our own place — Casa de Ice or Casa de Camino, just off Old Las Vegas Hwy.
- The non-negotiable
- A private hot-tub session at Ten Thousand Waves after a mountain hike, then karaage at Izanami. A family tradition.
- What we'd skip
- Nothing in town is a trap. But the Loretto Chapel staircase is a 15-minute stop, not an afternoon.
- Best season
- Fall, when the aspens turn gold at the top of the ski basin. We go year-round, snow included.
- Points & hacking
- Fly into Santa Fe (SAF), or Albuquerque (ABQ, ~50 min south) and pair it with the Sandia Peak tram.
35.6870° N, 105.9378° W
