Lybrook Badlands, New Mexico

The Lybrook Badlands, at over 7000 feet elevation, offer a comfortable summer hiking destination. Countless, multihued sandstone hoo doos are so ingeniously shaped that they appear crafted in a Santa Fe artist’s studio rather than by natural forces. The cliffs separating the steps complicate long-distance hiking. Easy routes between the levels are limited and difficult to find. The Badlands are located approximately two-and-a-half hours from Albuquerque in northwestern New Mexico.

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