Sandia Mountains

Albuquerque is immediately west of the Sandia Mountains, which tower a mile above the city. This weekend the mountains were shrouded in clouds most of the day, but at sundown on Saturday they emerged into some gorgeous light.

A day earlier I was hiking in the foothills in the snow...ABQ received unusually heavy snow just before New Years. This is a pic looking down into the valley...blow up the picture and I think you can see the downtown buildings.