Saturday, March 9, 2024, my wife and I drove through the Sacramento Mountains of south-central New Mexico on our way to Alamogordo. I turned on my GoPro HERO11 Black dash-mounted camera. I set the lens to wide angle in the Cinemax mode and started recording just past Runyan Ranches Fruit Stand at 5,500’ in elevation.
A surprise snowstorm dropped anywhere from 4” to 9” of fresh snow between the Elk area west up the mountain to Cloudcroft the day before. Interestingly Cloudcroft at the top of the mountain at an elevation of 8,751’ only measured 1” to 3” of snowfall. Usually, they get much more than the lower elevations along the east slopes of the mountains but not this time.
I turned on our SiriusXM Radio and tuned into the 70’s channel. The background music is various songs that played along our journey west.
We started out with partly cloudy skies. As we climbed up in elevation heading westward the skies became overcast with a few breaks. Making for some pretty cool contrasts in colors between the sky, the highway, and the snow-covered landscape. Once we topped out at Cloudcroft and started dropping down the west side of the mountain we ran out of the snow around 6,000’ and into a dense fog bank. The fog cleared out by the time we reached High Rolls.
Our trip continued uneventfully into Alamogordo. Our trip was amazing. New Mexico at her very best. Peaceful, relaxing, and enjoyable. So thankful for moments like these.
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Take A Ride With Us Through The Snow Covered Sacramento Mtn's - March 9, 2024.