There are a handful of reasons you might drive U.S. Route 60, the scrub-edged, two-lane ribbon of sun-baked asphalt that bisects New Mexico from east to west. Sure, you might be a space nut ...

My thru-hiking engineer friend, who is as giddy about collecting data as he is about walking, has conveyed his totals as 2,700 and 2,970 miles. What It’s Like to Hike the Continental Divide Trail The ...

Continental Divide Trail, New Mexico. (Credit: U.S. Forest Service) NOTE: The southern terminus at Crazy Cook Monument may no longer be accessible due to it becoming a National Defense Area.

SILVER CITY, Mexico — This hiker-friendly town of 10,000 lies at an elevation of nearly 6,000 feet just east of mile marker 158 on the Continental Divide Trail.

But a more historically filled-in version comes from Kathryn McKee-Roberts, who grew up in Pie Town and researched the story of the name herself. According to Mckee-Roberts, the first pie baker in Pie ...