It’s pretty cool that in the dead of winter you can drive a bit and experience summer temperatures (or at least what summer temps mean to a New Hampshire resident). Tucson is the place to be for winter rock climbing. The first two pictures are from the Rivendale crag on Mount Lemmon and the second two are from Cochise Stronghold (amazing place). All pictures taken with Canon S60 point and shoot.

Afloat in a sea of chickenheads on What’s My Line (5.6R A0)

Drove down to the Socorro and Datil area of central New Mexico this past week. Climbed at Box Canyon near Socorro and the Enchanted Tower area near Datil. Box Canyon has some decent sport climbing, good bouldering and camping. Enchanted Tower is located in Thompson Canyon and has a bunch of great sport climbing. One evening, also visited the Very Large Array, which is run by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. This place is well worth a visit, especially at sunset.

Alana attempting to communicate with whatever’s out there:

Headed down to White Sands National Monument this past week. It’s an incredible place to visit with some great camping, photography opportunities, and short hikes.

It’s been fairly dry in Santa Fe since I’ve been here. Locals have remarked that last year was one of the best snow years in recent memory, but so far only Taos Ski Valley to the north is open (just barely). When it does snow in town, it looks really cool combined with the adobe structures.

Lots of weather and snow records have been broken on Mount Washington. I skinned up Wildcat Ski Area on Wednesday, October 26th. The skiing was actually really nice, especially at the top.