Golf in Rociada

Rociada is a tiny Sangre de Cristo mountain community in San Miguel County at elevations approaching 8,000 feet in the upper Mora Valley drainage. Spanish land-grant ranching families have worked the surrounding land for generations, and the area retains a quietness and isolation unusual even by northern New Mexico standards. Pendaries Golf Course serves the area's mountain retreat population, threading through terrain where ponderosa forest and mountain meadow create conditions far removed from the desert golf found at lower altitudes. The Mora Valley's deep agricultural heritage and limited development make Pendaries one of the more secluded golf venues in the state.