Author: Robert Julyan and Carl Smith Book Page #: 384 Book Size: 9 (H) x 5.8 (W) x 1 (Th) Type: Paperback Weight: 18 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Publish Date: July 15, 2006 Many non-New Mexicans envision New Mexico as one large desert, yet New Mexico is very much a mountain state, with more than one hundred named mountain groups. New Mexico’s highest point is 13,161-foot Wheeler Peak, and Sierra Blanca, 11,973 feet high, is snow capped for most of the year. What’s more, the mountains here display a diversity rarely seen elsewhere: glacier-carved alpine summits (Sangre de Cristos), shield volcanoes (Moun