Sandia Mountains – Albuquerque

[HkNewman]

Just some pictures snapped while snowshoeing around the Sandias over the last few weekends. My usual winter training until daylight savings time and backpacking (if I gotta train, may as well be here).

The 10K trail under snow…

View between I-25 and the "Turquoise Trail"

[HkNewman]

Ok now I see how this area works … just some more pics adding some from the Crest in wintertime

Going up the hill ….

Just a view but later found out this is a XC ski danger area

Looking east … often see hawks, eagles, et al soaring on thermals from the valley

… and looking down the west face ..

People can just take the tram, but then they miss out on all the lung-busting exercise.

XC skiers up above but they were soon hiking right after this point

The mountains change through the seasons and hopefully I can capture that.

[drowning in spam]

Great pictures. I miss that place. If you go the rock house in the winter, be careful, especially if you're alone and climb onto the roof at 1 AM… If you hike to the TWA crash site, I'd enjoy some pictures.

[Eugene Smith]

Great pics Fritokid, the Sandias are something else.

[Joe Clement]

Hard to believe how muc snow the Sandias have gotten the last couple of seasons.

[Andrew King]

Great pictures! I sure miss that area and the ever present Sandias.

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