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Category Archives: The Sandia Mountains

Photos for the day, Saturday April 27, 2013

Monday, May 6, 2013 Posted in Albuquerque and Environs, Flowers, Hiking in New Mexico, Landsacpes of the west, New Mexico Wildflowers, The Sandia Mountains

The mountain is almost devoid of bright color, especially since we have had little snow and no rain this spring. The cactus are still the bright spots on the lower mountain. Tucked away under a larger Cholla Cactus, the hedgehog lives, in and out of the sun.

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Skyrocket – Photo of the day July 4, 2012

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 Posted in Albuquerque and Environs, Hiking in New Mexico, New Mexico Wildflowers, The Sandia Mountains, Wildflowers

I suppose it’s fitting to post a flower called a skyrocket on the 4th of July. I had no idea of it’s name till after I was back editing images. The flower is a biennial, with clusters of bright red, trumpet-shaped flowers on slender, often solitary stems up to 2-2 1/2 feet tall.  Typical of […]

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Photo of the day, March 4, 2012

Sunday, March 4, 2012 Posted in Albuquerque and Environs, Hiking in New Mexico, The Sandia Mountains

  Six hour hike / snowshoe climb to the summit on the La Luz trail. Full story with panorama links here.

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Photo of the day, January 1, 2012

Monday, January 2, 2012 Posted in Hiking in New Mexico, Landsacpes of the west, The Sandia Mountains

Taken while crashing through the crusted snow in my new snow shoes at 3:30 or so in the afternoon on Sunday. The story is here.

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Photos of the day, Dec 28, 2011

Thursday, December 29, 2011 Posted in Albuquerque and Environs, Hiking in New Mexico, Landsacpes of the west, New Mexico Sky, The Sandia Mountains

I headed out to the top of the mountain today to try out my Christmas present – snow shoes. At the tram boarding I shot this photo which missed the top speed that I saw, 55mph. I looked up the wind-chill for those figures and it was 4 degrees F. I slogged through the snow […]

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