Tent Rock - NE of Albuquerque 27 Jan 07

About two feet of snow pelted the Albququerque area around New Year's Day, said the residents. Natives hiking Tent Rock National Park said that the snowfall provided the best views they'd ever seen. The formations in these photos are called "hoodoos". Boulder caps perch precariously atop some of them; the caps protect the softer rock forming the "tents." Some of these "tents," the trail guide said, are 90 feet high. This tent village was shot at the base of the trail (Nelson took all of the Albuquerque and Santa Fe photos; my camera is broken).

See that spot of reddish color immediately in front of the crevice? That's me...squeezing through the gap.