The first heavy snowstorm of the season blanketed the Valles Caldera on Monday and Tuesday. At least 10 inches of snow was measured near the Valles Caldera community of Sierra los Piños (elev. 8,200 ft.), while the Pajarito Mountain Ski Area (elev. 10,440 ft.), located on the Caldera’s eastern rim, reported 22 inches of new powder. The photo shown above, taken this afternoon, features a newly-coated Redondo Peak (elev. 11,254 ft.) from the south, the day after the storm left New Mexico and moved on to the Midwest.
