Many non-New Mexicans envision New Mexico as one large desert, yet
New Mexico is very much a mountain state, with more than one
hundred named mountain groups. New Mexico's highest point is
13,161-foot Wheeler Peak, and Sierra Blanca, 11,973 feet high, is
snow capped for most of the year.
What's more, the mountains here display a diversity rarely seen
elsewhere: glacier-carved alpine summits (Sangre de Cristos),
shield volcanoes (Mount Taylor and Sierra Grande), cinder cones
(Capulin Mountain), fossil limestone reefs (Guadalupes), laccolith
intrusions (Capitan and Zuni Mountains), erosional formations
(Tucumcari Mountain), and tilted fault-blocks (Sandias and
Caballos.) New Mexico's mountain animals range from elk to desert
bighorn sheep, from marmots to coatimundis. The arctic lynx and
semitropical jaguars have also been spotted.
In this guide to New Mexico's mountains, Robert Julyan provides
essential information such as location, physiographic province,
elevation and relief, ecosystems, and ownership, as well as the
historical and natural details that make each range unique:
archaeology, Native American presence, mining history, ghost towns,
recreation, and much more, as well as geology, ecology, and plants
and animals.
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