Truchas Peaks in Rio-Arriba County, New Mexico

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Truchas Peaks

NM, USA

New Mexico State
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Ice Age glaciers carved beautiful alpine peaks, among the highest in the New Mexico Rockies. Precambrian quartzite, some of the oldest rock in New Mexico, forms the core of the Truchas (trout) Peaks, part of the Pecos Wilderness, with some of the most pristine mountain terrain in the state.

Last updated: 10/12/2009 15:10:00