DATE AND TIME: 122404, 1156;...

DATE AND TIME: 122404, 1156; LOCATION: Milepost 4 along NM-522, four miles NW of the junction of NM-522, US-64 and NM-150; CAMERA: Olympus C-740 Ultra Zoom, 3.2 megapixel, 10x optical, 3x digital; DESCRIPTION: An Xmas Eve view of Vallecito Mountain (12,643' - right of center). Notice the snowy tornado atop Pt. 12,429'. Lake Fork Peak is BARELY visible in the left 1/4 of the photo, behind the treed ridge to the left of Pt. 12,232' (left of the snowy tornado). Wheeler Peak, Kachina Peak, Lake Fork Peak and Vallecito Mountain can all be seen together in this photo (Wheeler Peak NM page), taken from Tres Piedras.