[NMCCSC] Sandia Crest road closed

[Robert Evans]

Wendy and I are trying to go up now and the road is closed. There is a sign lower down right after the turn off, saying that the Sandia crest Road is closed and the sheriffs department is out there stopping people. We don’t have any information on how long it will be closed .
 We are going to pull over here and try to ski up a little bit around La Cienega hopefully  Hopefully. 
There are at least five or 6 inches of snow right here, but skies are clearing a little and road is slushy.
Robert Evans

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> On Mar 17, 2023, at 11:40 AM, Michael Mcdonald via NMCCSCeGroup <nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
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> Barry;
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> Seeing as you asked. The way I interpret NM roads maps is to look at roads first, and if there’s no road-specific information, look at the region for general information.
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> So 14 and the crest road aren't specifically marked (which I interpret as “they don’t know yet”). However, the Tijeras area is marked yellow for difficult driving conditions. The details by that symbol say that driving is difficult and crews are out on NM 14 and others. With that, I reason that the crews aren’t likely out along unmarked minor roads in the region. Because higher elevation roads will likely be worse while major lower-elevation roads, the Crest Road likely got hit worse than 14 (which is bad). 
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> So the Crest Road was closed yesterday. New snow came last night making it worse. NM Roads doesn't say that they are working on it so they don’t know. 
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> Conclusion: if it’s not closed, it probably isn’t very drivable. 
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> Michael
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>> On Mar 17, 2023, at 8:11 AM, Barry Ritchey via NMCCSCeGroup <nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
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>> That was on the 16th... As of 8am on 17th, NMROADS says it's open. What to believe?
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