About Outspire
We know what fun it is to be outside! But we're also serious about your fun. As a professional guide service, Outspire is recognized and approved for leading guests into the outdoors of Santa Fe National Forest, Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks Monument, Bandelier National Monument and other public lands by permit. Every guide has emergency medical and specialized outdoor training. This helps you know your safety is protected and your enjoyment is ensured while at the same time we follow practices outlined to protect the beautiful places we visit.
Outspire is a partner in the community, supporting the efforts of the Trails Alliance of Santa Fe, the Santa Fe Conservation Trust, and many other worthy community groups. Outspire and its guides have contributed in a variety of ways to our local community for years, particularly as regards our natural resources.
Outspire is a partner in the community, supporting the efforts of the Trails Alliance of Santa Fe, the Santa Fe Conservation Trust, and many other worthy community groups. Outspire and its guides have contributed in a variety of ways to our local community for years, particularly as regards our natural resources.
Our guides
Although our guides are peppy and enthusiastic to share their joy of the outdoors with you, they're not young pups. All are well-seasoned outdoor folks with lots of life experience to bring to the party. We have been living in New Mexico for years and love it!
Scott Renbarger, with his background in geological sciences, has found an ideal home in Santa Fe, happily located at the intersection of the southern Rocky Mountains, the Colorado Plateau, and the Basin and Range. Scott has been hiking among these unique landscapes since 1996 and he is delighted to share his enthusiasm for the natural history of northern New Mexico with anyone who likes to get outside.
Karen Denison is a 30-year resident of Santa Fe, a former biologist turned guide for the area she loves. Among her other activities, she is an avid fly fisher, co-author of a regional fly tying book, instructor at the local community college in map-reading and hand-held GPS use, and an active volunteer for a number of area non-profits. She has been guiding visitors in the northern New Mexico outdoors since 1997.
Larry Glover is a passionate lover of nature who delights in sharing this love of forest and river and mountain and desert. He began his professional career in the out-of-doors with the US Forest Service as a forest fire fighter and has accumulated an additional 30 years as a wilderness guide. He integrates this intimacy with nature's principles of renewal and resiliency into his coaching and business consulting practices and can often be found on a mountain trail or desert river memorizing a favorite nature writer's poetry while he hikes—enjoying the curiosities and awes and wonders of life.
Other Services
Outspire offers custom workshops, private lessons, or outdoor-themed events for your group.
Workshops are customized to your needs and interests. Listed here are examples that can be scheduled for you. All equipment and take-home handouts supplied, and workshops include plenty of practical exercises.
If you have questions or other topics of interest, please call or email!
Workshops are customized to your needs and interests. Listed here are examples that can be scheduled for you. All equipment and take-home handouts supplied, and workshops include plenty of practical exercises.
If you have questions or other topics of interest, please call or email!
Wildflowers of Santa Fe An outing focusing on finding and learning about native flowering plants. Offered in season; we have a variety of life zones, so choose your area of special interest such as mountain or high desert.
Introduction to Snowshoeing Although snowshoeing is not difficult, there are still "tricks" which can make your trips much more enjoyable. A structured introduction to snowshoe types, clothing, other equipment, and on- and off-trail techniques. Offered in season only. Equipment provided, or use your own.
