Alamo Boundary Trail

This trail is an excellent place to see montane wildflowers.

Photo by Sally King

Want to see what this trail is like before you hike it? Do a virtual tour here.

Alamo Boundary Trail is a relatively easy hike from FS 289 to the boundary between the monument and the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The trail is only 1.3 miles each way but it also connects with the Coyote Call Trail on the Valles Caldera. Elevation change on the Alamo Boundary Trail is only 400'. This a trail is a great place for solitude.
The road to access this trail is closed during winter.

 

Alamo Boundary Trail is also a good place to see wildlife that lives at higher elevations.

Photo by Sally King

 

The Alamo Boundary trail crosses high elevation meadows.

photo by Sally King

 

This trail is also a good place to see Bandelier's beautiful fall color.

photo by Sally King