One of my favorite local's mountains in North America, Santa Fe had beautiful conditions today after scoring a 20-inch dump on Tuesday. The groomers were like velvet, the bumps were soft, and I found knee-deep untracked in the woods (lots of tree skiing there).
Unless you have one of those widescreen lenses, it's tough to convey the amazing desert panorama you get from the summit. All I have are a couple scenics on an uncharacteristically overcast day. Here, you can see the Sandia Mountains alongside Albuquerque on the left edge, 50 miles away:
A short clip that shows how smooth the groomed trails were:
Here are a few better photos from early December 2002. Of course, I'd never recommend advance-booking a destination trip to NM during that month, but that year the state's tourism office was offering a preposterous ski/lodging deal and after a couple major snowstorms around Thanksgiving (it was an El Niño year), I pulled the trigger:
Unless you have one of those widescreen lenses, it's tough to convey the amazing desert panorama you get from the summit. All I have are a couple scenics on an uncharacteristically overcast day. Here, you can see the Sandia Mountains alongside Albuquerque on the left edge, 50 miles away:
A short clip that shows how smooth the groomed trails were:
Here are a few better photos from early December 2002. Of course, I'd never recommend advance-booking a destination trip to NM during that month, but that year the state's tourism office was offering a preposterous ski/lodging deal and after a couple major snowstorms around Thanksgiving (it was an El Niño year), I pulled the trigger: