Here we are in Santa Fe, looking from Fort Marcy towards Museum Hill. It's been pretty dry here, so the snow was welcome by all except for me.
Again from Fort Marcy, looking northward towards the Sangre de Cristos and Mount Baldy and the Santa Fe ski area.
Now jumping up to Taos, a view of the Sangres, the Taos ski basin sort of visible and Taos itself sitting at the bottom of the mountains. Oh, and a vulture
The Rio Grande Gorge is a lot of fun, so I walked out to the rim where the Rio de Pueblos de Taos joins the Rio Grande just above the "low bridge". Bits of snow from a storm a few days earlier remain on the north facing slopes.
The Gorge runs thru an otherwise fairly flat plain, slicing a fairly mysterious and intriguing gash in the ground, especially when seen from a distance. Here the small Taos River has cut the fore-gorge with the Rio Grande Gorge in the back.
Just a close-up, just cause I have it. You can see basalt covers the upper layers of the plain. In the distance you can see the sometimes passable road that leads down to the low bridge.
One last one of some foothills to the Rockies. I hiked from over there to over here to take this picture of over there. Hey, I need the exercise.
Let me apologize, especially to those of you on cell phones. I forgot to downsize these photos, so you used up way more of your data plan than is warranted. Next time you see me, chide me and I'll buy you a drink.
One final thing, cause I like to make things informational. While looking for stats about the ongoing drought in the area (and thus the local pleasure with the snow), I came across this map showing unusually dry or wet conditions across the US. Its hard for me to estimate, but it looks like 80% of the land mass is either unusually wet or unusually dry.
And a fun link for you where you can animate this chart and look at historical trends. I compared the most recent 8 years to the period of 1950-1960. There are differences.