Retreat
Manzano Mountain Retreat has a wide range of recreational and organized activities for you and your group. With an outdoor swimming pool, a full size gymnasium, indoor and outdoor basketball courts, pond and access to miles of trails, you will never run out of things to do at Manzano Mountain Retreat and Event Center. Our team-building ropes course and activities perfectly complete the package, making this a perfect setting for corporate & nonprofit retreats, camps, and family reunions.
FAMILY AND GROUP RETREATS
Manzano Mountain Retreat makes family reunions easy and fun!
Hike our beautiful trails and spot numerous wildlife, organize field trips to nearby ruins, organize horse trail rides, and invite musicians to the dance hall. The low and high ropes courses can create closer family ties through team building exercises.
Outdoor adventure retreat
The Manzano Mountain Retreat is located at an elevation of 7,000 feet on the side of the Manzano Mountains, with immediate access to over 20 miles of logging roads on which to run or hike. Other outdoor amenities include:
Six-lane, 25 yard swimming pool with diving blocks and lane lines
Basketball Gymnasium
with cushioned hard wood flooring2 Volleyball Courts
Horse Shoe Pits
Ropes Course
30 Foot Outdoor Climbing Tower
Corporate retreat
Manzano Mountain Retreat features breakout rooms, fun and informal lodging, and wilderness hikes — all of which are reminiscent of camp feelings and memories of our youth. Corporate retreats at Manzano Mountain will be remembered by your associates and peers for years to come. Sharing time in the mountains, showing human vulnerability, and breaking down barriers can bring results you’d never find in the office.
Human Resource directors love Manzano Mountain Retreat for the elements that produce cohesiveness in groups while focusing attention on important and valuable learning experiences. You can enhance your corporate retreats with a ropes course, a game of horseshoes or corn hole, and beautiful mountain hikes.
Activities
Manzano Mountain Retreat offers the perfect setting for retreat groups. It is nestled among the beautiful Ponderosa Pines of the Cibola National Forest just one hour from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Overnight facilities can accommodate 20 to 200 people. Manzano Mountain Retreat has served day picnics and weddings as large as 500 people. With the majestic, New Mexico Manzano Mountains for a backdrop, your group will surely enjoy their Manzano Mountain Retreat experience!
RECREATION
30 Foot Outdoor Climbing Tower
Sand Volleyball Court
Swimming Pool
Miles of Trails
Fishing Pond
Activity Hall
Star Gazing
Treasure Hunt Course
Field and team events
TEAM BUILDING
The Manzano Mountains provide the perfect backdrop for open communication, creative thinking, and strategic planning. We can help you plan and/or design a training program just for your group.
CERTIFIED CHALLENGE ROPES COURSE
The Manzano Mountain Retreat Ropes Course was constructed by Adventure Experiences of Trinity,Texas. It is annually inspected by that company. Manzano Mountain Retreat has nationally certified and fully insured ropes course facilitators, making it one of the few facilities in New Mexico that has received accredition of its facility and its ropes course by the American Camping Association.
TEAM BUILDING ELEMENTS:
Low Elements & Low Ropes are perfect for getting groups to work together and opening lines of communication.
High Elements & High Ropes build self-confidence and opens one’s heart and mind.
Sports Training
Whether you are a dedicated athlete or determined coach, you can find no better athletic training facility than Manzano Mountain Retreat. Located at an elevation of 7,000 feet, the retreat has immediate access to over 20 miles of logging roads on which to run or hike. Our 4000 sq. ft. gymnasium with state-of-the-art cushioned hard wood floor can host high school and college basketball teams or dance groups. The six-lane, 25 yard competitive swimming pool with diving blocks and wave-suppressant lane lines has been used by Olympic Gold Medallists.