New Mexico is a land of four dramatic seasons, manifested throughout the variety of landscapes that make up the Land of Enchantment. New Mexico does have a "high desert" climate, but those unfamiliar with our beautiful state often fail to appreciate the tremendous variations of terrain and, temperature, and natural wonder that term encompasses.


 
 
 
 
Winter in New Mexico offers beautiful snowfalls that lure skiers to the slopes of Sandia Peak, Santa Fe, and other ski areas in Northern New Mexico. Mountain communities like Tijeras, Cedar Crest, Edgewood, and Pecos delight in crisp, cold weather and stunning snow, while residents of the Rio Grande Valley areas such as Albuquerque, Los Lunas, Bosque Farms, Belen, and Corrales need never shovel snow.






Spring in New Mexico means icy-cold mountain streams in the National forest areas around Pecos and Santa Fe; meadows of early wildflowers throughout the mountains of Northern New Mexico; the first, lushness of the Rio Grande River Valley, as the cottonwoods and farmland begin to green up from Belen and Los Lunas through Bosque Farms to the North Valley and Corrales.
Spring in New Mexico conjures many images, from icy-cold mountain streams in the National Forest areas like Pecos and Santa Fe, to meadows of early wildflowers seeking the early sun throughout the mountains of Northern New Mexico, to the first, lushness of the Rio Grande River Valley, as the cottonwoods and farmland begin to green up from Valencia County through Corrales.



New Mexico summers! Think hiking, fishing, camping, or horse-backriding through miles of wilderness trails in the mountains surrounding Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Valencia County, or Espanola! Or stunning sunsets over lush green valley farmland, viewed in the cool evening from under the solid vigas of your patio. Or, perhaps, limitless azure skies over a golden desert landscape. Whatever your pleasure, the chances of having your summertime plans spoiled by uncooperative weather is virtually nil in this Land of Enchantment!



 
 
 
 
 
 
New Mexico falls are painted in a panoply of colors, as cold, crisp nights change leaves to brilliant hues. Aspen and oak in the high mountains, and cottonwoods along the Rio Grande Bosque create a statewide canvas no artist could match. And autumn sunsets over the northern mountains, or against a lush valley backdrop are composed of a color palette few Easterners could imagine.