New Mexico's Organ Mountains Tribute

One of the most profoundly beautiful and least acclaimed mountain ranges in the United States divides New Mexico's Tularosa Basin from the Mesilla Valley. Located ten miles east of Las Cruces, New Mexico, the Organ Mountain's rugged crags thrust 8,990 feet (2,740 m) into the air and daily provide observers with spectacles ranging from stark silhouettes to rose-colored incandescence during typical New Mexico Sunsets.

This short October 2008 video captures various panoramas and peak highlights, ending with a crimson time-lapse summer sunset sequence that is standard fair in the region.

The public can hike the western side of the Organ Mountains to their ridgeline from Aguirre Springs National Recreation Area. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:IMG_1793.jpg. But, the public cannot hike the eastern side within the U.S. Armys high-security White Sands Missile Range. That is strictly off limits to the public. As always, normal wilderness mountain hiking provisions naturally apply.

For more information, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_Mountains.

Produced by W. David Schwaderer
www.InnovationSurvival.com

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[talisyn2002]

Nice ;)