Motorcycle Adventure Riders of Albuquerque

Let's take an adventure ride to Alamogordo, New Mexico and hit the Alamogordo Adventure Loop, a nice mix of scenic road and dirt. We will meet at the Isleta One Stop, Phillips 66 Fuel Station (4047 NM_47, Albuquerque, NM 87105) We will fuel up, complete a bike check (KSU at 10:30AM) and get onto I-25 South to HWY 380 east to Carrizozo then south onto Hwy 54 and 54-70. We will then get on Hwy 82 to Cloudcroft where we will stop and have a late lunch at Mad Jacks's Mountaintop Barbecue in Cloudcroft. after lunch we will fuel up and head into the Mountains of Cloudcroft and onto US HWY 82 to NM 244 where we will camp at a dispersed camp spot off of Forest Road 568 and camp for the evening. We will get up in the morning have some coffee and head back into Cloudcroft for some breakfast and top off on fuel. After breakfast we will head back onto US 82 west to start our adventure route on NM 130 to State Road 6563 and the beautiful scenic Sunspot Hwy. We will then hit dirt on forest Road 90 (Known as the Westside Road) continuing are loop and back onto US 82. We will head back on US 82 east to Hwy 54-70 where we will fuel up a nearby fuel station on N. White Sands Blvd. We will get back onto Hwy 54-70 and onto US 54 to Carrizozo where we will stop for a restroom break check if anyone needs fuel and onto US 380 to I-25 North and back to Albuquerque. The Alamogordo Adventure loop has epic paved roads and excellent scenery. It is approximately 73 miles with a mix of Forest Service Roads and Scenic Highways with a total estimated time of 2 hours and 33 minutes, not including trip time to Cloudcroft and back to Albuquerque and an elevation of 9393 (FT)

Join me on this Valles Caldera Adventure Loop and Camp Out!
We will meet at the Maverick Fuel Station 5001 Jefferson St NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 at 10:30AM to fuel up. kSU at 11:00AM. We will get on I-25 North to Santa Fe where we will have lunch, somewhere in Santa Fe (undetermined on lunch spot at this time) After Lunch we will get on US 84 to Pojoaque then onto NM 502 into Los Alamos where we will take a restroom break and top off on fuel. We will then proceed to Fairway Dr. and West Rd. And beginning of the Valles Caldera Adventure Loop. As we proceed onto the route, we will connect onto NM 501 and onto Highway 4 then onto NM 126 to Forest Road 376 where we will camp at a primitive camp spot near FR 376, setup camp, enjoy each other's company, snack on some food and drinks and chat for the evening before we retire for the night. We will get up in the morning have breakfast or coffee then proceed to the route onto Forest Road 376. We will continue and connect onto Forest Road 144 (31-mile Rd.) Jemez to Espanola, ending at US 84 and the completion of the Valles Caldera Adventure Route. We will proceed onto US 84 to Espanola than to Santa Fe where we will fuel up and take a restroom break. We will than proceed back to Albuquerque on I-25. The Valles Caldera Adventure Loop has an approximately total time of 4 hours 50 minutes, 115 miles not including to and from Albuquerque and an elevation of 11042. Most of the route on the loop is forest roads and shouldn't be too bad, however, 31-mile Road can be rutted and rocky depending on prior moisture in the area.