Page 6 Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019 “New Year’s Eve” The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado Sugarite Canyon to host First Day Hike Jan. 1, 2020 New Mexico State Parks Columbus, NM -—Cootes Hill Loop – 9 a.m. The Energy, Minerals and Natural Re- n Storrie Lake State Park sources Department State Parks Division Las Vegas, NM — Polar Bear Plunge Noon will host First Day Hikes on January 1, 2020 at nine state parks across New Mexico. n Eagle Nest Lake State Park Near Raton, the First Day Hike will be Eagle Nest, NM Polar Bear Stomp 9:30 a.m. held at Sugarite Canyon State Park from 11 and Polar Bear Plunge 11 a.m. a.m. -12:30 p.m. Sugarite Canyon State Park In addition to the hikes, visitors can also Raton, NM 11 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. participate in Polar Bear Plunges at Stor- rie Lake State Park in Las Vegas and Eagle n Leasburg Dam State Park Nest Lake State Park in Eagle Nest. Radium Springs, NM – Mogollon Trail Here is a list of all the participating Parks 10 a.m. — Noon. Elephant Butte Dam, hosting First Day Hikes: Elephant Butte, NM 10 a.m.— 2 p.m. (The Dam is only open to pedestrian traffic one n Hyde Memorial State Park day a year for First Day Hikes) Santa Fe Waterfall Trail — 10 a.m. Find more information about state parks n Cerrillos Hills State Park at http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SPD/. Cerrillos, NM — 1 p.m. — The Energy, Minerals and Natural Re- n Navajo Lake State Park sources Department provides resource pro- Navajo Dam, NM — River Trail 10 a.m. tection and renewable energy resource de- velopment services to the public and other n Pancho Villa State Park state agencies. Vermejo Park Ranch Vermejo Park Ranch, looking west towards Valle Vidal. The ranch includes land from the Great Plains in the foreground to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background. A night’s stay at Vermejo Ranch will cost you $1,200 The Chronicle-News Ted Turner’s Vermejo Park Ranch near Raton has been aggressively marketing itself this past year, highlighted most recently by glowing column penned by Joshua Berman for The Denver Post. Yet, if you are also interested in spending a night at the ranch, it won’t come cheap. Reservations at the Ted Turner Reserve start with double-occupancy room rates beginning at $1,200 a night. That rate includes the room, three meals and two daily activities (horseback rid- ing, fishing, mountain biking, hiking, sporting clays, 5-stand, 3-D archery, geocach- ing, and disc golf). Guided wildlife and ranch tours are available for an additional fee. Though Berman, for his part, focused on seeing wild game on the property dur- ing a tour and the luxurious lodgings and meals at the now high-end ecotourism operation..