Landform
New Mexico’s roof. A Sangre de Cristo summit most people think belongs to Colorado.
Field note
Williams Lake sits under the peak. The ridge is alpine in a desert state. Most fourteener lists skip New Mexico. This mountain does not care.
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Alpine chapter · 36.56° N · 105.42° W
A private leaf
Prints from Wheeler Peak
Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.
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A day's country
The nearest plates, by the miles.
Rio Grande Gorge18 miles · New MexicoCXVI
Pecos Wilderness46 miles · New MexicoCCLXXXV
Plaza Blanca55 miles · New MexicoCXII
Spanish Peaks61 miles · ColoradoCXCII
Sugarite Canyon63 miles · New MexicoCCLXXIII
Kiowa National Grassland69 miles · New MexicoCCLXVIII
Sangre de Cristo Range71 miles · ColoradoCVII
Zapata Falls74 miles · ColoradoCXC
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