The Spectacular Chihuahuan Desert

Typical Chihuahuan Desert vegetation

Vistas like this force us to hike as often as possible in the Chihuahuan Desert.  The Chihuahuan is a high desert, extending from northern Mexico into the mid-regions of the state of New Mexico and west to the Texas Canyon area of southern Arizona.  Hot in the summer and cold in the winter it is a land of many contrasts.

Bishops Cap (left) and the Franklin Mountains near El Paso, Texas




Porpoise clouds




Clouds ride over the Organ Mountains




The trail around Tortugas, heading toward the Organs




The flank of Tortugas Mountain (left) and the Organ Mountains




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The Potrillo Mountains, southern New Mexico




The long view across the desert




A glorious desert sky