[NMCCSC] Sandia Crest road closed

[Bet Gendron]

We saw a couple 4wds go up the road, maybe locals, they didn't park at
Ellis. There is a *lot* of snow, and snowing.  Tele heavenly.  No worries,
there will be plenty.  We saw 2 of our own Club skiers.  Rocky Pt &
Challenge to 10Kso have been broken.  Also possibly  Klaus.  The rest to
break is all yours!  Bet


On Fri, Mar 17, 2023, 11:58 AM Robert Evans via NMCCSCeGroup <
nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Mar 17, 2023, at 11:40 AM, Michael Mcdonald via NMCCSCeGroup <
> nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>
> Barry;
>
> 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.
>
> 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).
>
> 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.
>
> Conclusion: if it’s not closed, it probably isn’t very drivable.
>
> Michael
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> On Mar 17, 2023, at 8:11 AM, Barry Ritchey via NMCCSCeGroup <
> nmccscegroup at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>
> That was on the 16th... As of 8am on 17th, NMROADS says it's open. What to
> believe?
>
>
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