The appropriate place for hiking is the area south of the chapel, toward the guesthouse and beyond. The National Wilderness south of the monastery gate is another good place for such pursuit. Long hikes off the monastery property are fine, but we ask you to please notify the guestmaster of your plan and the time of your intended return.

Hikes on the mesas above the monastery must never be undertaken alone and only when the guestmaster has been notified. The terrain of the mesas is quite hazardous especially to unseasoned hikers. Guests who fail to observe this rule will be asked to leave. Years back, a young male guest died in a hiking accident and was buried in our cemetery.