Font ResizeLAS CRUCES - The Dripping Springs Natural Area and Visitor Center (including La Cueva Picnic Area, Dripping Springs Trail, and Fillmore Trail) in the Organ Mountains will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day, the Bureau of Land Management has announced.
The Dripping Springs Trail is closed after 3 p.m. during the winter to allow enough time for hikers to be out by sunset. The holiday closings allow volunteer hosts needed time off, the BLM said.
Other options for recreation use in the area during these holiday closures include: Aguirre Spring Campground, Soledad Canyon Day Use Area as well as the Tortugas Mountain (A-Mountain) and Picacho Peak Recreation Areas, Sierra Vista Trail, and Baylor Pass Trail, and most of the Do-a Ana Mountains, which are all open year-round.
