Western Expanses, NM
Western Expanses, NM
NTS,
Here are some images from the Taos Plateau and south end of the San Luis Valley from US 285 in northern New Mexico. I don't get a cooped up feeling looking across the great expanse of space.
The next image is of Mount San Antonio, a 10,908-foot cinder cone. It presents quite a spectacle as you drive through the great expanse.
The cloud layer intrigued me.
More to come.
Bob
Here are some images from the Taos Plateau and south end of the San Luis Valley from US 285 in northern New Mexico. I don't get a cooped up feeling looking across the great expanse of space.
The next image is of Mount San Antonio, a 10,908-foot cinder cone. It presents quite a spectacle as you drive through the great expanse.
The cloud layer intrigued me.
More to come.
Bob
Robert T. Leverett
Co-founder, Native Native Tree Society
Co-founder and President
Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest
Co-founder, National Cadre
Co-founder, Native Native Tree Society
Co-founder and President
Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest
Co-founder, National Cadre
- James Parton
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Re: Western Expanses
How high is the Taos plateau? That cinder cone is easily higher than any Appalachian peak.
James E Parton
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Re: Western Expanses
Bob,
Even if it costs you a tree day, you need to see Carlsbad Caverns if you have never been there. Take the full tour hiking down from the entrance and around the Big Room. Watch the bat flight. It is one of the don't miss wonders of the world. There are neat tree associations and disjunct tree populations in McKittrick Canyon in Guadeloupe National Park a few miles farther south.
Ed
Even if it costs you a tree day, you need to see Carlsbad Caverns if you have never been there. Take the full tour hiking down from the entrance and around the Big Room. Watch the bat flight. It is one of the don't miss wonders of the world. There are neat tree associations and disjunct tree populations in McKittrick Canyon in Guadeloupe National Park a few miles farther south.
Ed
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Re: Western Expanses, NM
I want to hike up one of those cinder cones and walk around in the caldera. My father-in-law did that at one of the cinder cones in New Mexico. I don't know the name of the cone he hiked, or even if it has a name. But he brought back photos.
Re: Western Expanses, NM
Robert,
If it was in northeastern NM, it may have been Capulin National Monument. You descend into the caldera in that one.
Bob
If it was in northeastern NM, it may have been Capulin National Monument. You descend into the caldera in that one.
Bob
Robert T. Leverett
Co-founder, Native Native Tree Society
Co-founder and President
Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest
Co-founder, National Cadre
Co-founder, Native Native Tree Society
Co-founder and President
Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest
Co-founder, National Cadre
Re: Western Expanses
I quick trip to Google earth shows ~8300' in elevation around the base of the mountain.James Parton wrote:How high is the Taos plateau? That cinder cone is easily higher than any Appalachian peak.
Re: Western Expanses, NM
Off topic, but the first two are great examples of fenceline comparison photos. Great things for getting an idea of the over grazing common in lots (most?) places in the west.
Re: Western Expanses, NM
Bob-
Don't know where you are now, but if you're in NM and have the time, check out Valle Caldera National Preserve, not far from Santa Fe...last I knew, Jeff Cross managed it...great guy, was the Science Center Director at Grand Canyon NP during my time there. Great place, wild life is it's specialty, kind of a biogeographical island.
-Don
Don't know where you are now, but if you're in NM and have the time, check out Valle Caldera National Preserve, not far from Santa Fe...last I knew, Jeff Cross managed it...great guy, was the Science Center Director at Grand Canyon NP during my time there. Great place, wild life is it's specialty, kind of a biogeographical island.
-Don
dbhguru wrote:Robert,
If it was in northeastern NM, it may have been Capulin National Monument. You descend into the caldera in that one.
Bob
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Restoration Forester (Retired)
Science Center
Grand Canyon National Park
BJCP Apprentice Beer Judge
View my Alaska Big Tree List Webpage at:
http://www.akbigtreelist.org
Re: Western Expanses, NM
Don,
We're presently in Manila, Utah at Flaming Gorge. We'll be in Pocatello, ID tonight. Got lots of images to post.
Bob
We're presently in Manila, Utah at Flaming Gorge. We'll be in Pocatello, ID tonight. Got lots of images to post.
Bob
Robert T. Leverett
Co-founder, Native Native Tree Society
Co-founder and President
Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest
Co-founder, National Cadre
Co-founder, Native Native Tree Society
Co-founder and President
Friends of Mohawk Trail State Forest
Co-founder, National Cadre