Rio Grande Gorge

[randell]

I just got back from a week in New Mexico.  On the way to Taos, I made a small detour to see the in North-Central New Mexico near Taos.

Looking North (Rio is 650 feet below)


Looking South


The bridge itself (1,280 foot span)

[trtlrock]

cool pics!

[homerboy2u]

Hey Randell...is it possible to make your pics clickable ?

[randell]

ok, done

[trtlrock]

so, what are the small trees / large shrubs visible near the canyon edges in the non-bridge photos?

[oldfatman]

I knew nothing about the canyon the first time I went that direction. Just tooling along across the moderate rolling countryside when BLAM here is one heck of a hole in the ground. It is a very impressive crack in the earth.  Great pictures including the snow.

[Burn Ban]

pretty cool views.  of course i wouldn't know as i have only seen the gorge from the 650 feet below where you were standing.

thanks for the pictures. 

[okiehiker]

The Taos Box is a great stretch to raft.  As the years go by the raftable/canoeable flows seem to get less and less frequent.  Awesome area.  Thanks for the pics.