This month's early winter blast is a reminder that Northern New Mexico is no stranger to a dumping of snow, which makes for harrowing moments on the road and fun memories on a sled.
Children pose on sled with their dog in Santa Fe, 1960.
Winter scene near the Plaza, circa 1930.
Horse riders in the snow at Bishop's Lodge, circa 1920.
Plowing snow in 1979.
Willow Sweeney, front left; Jeremiah Sweeney, front right; Patrick Riesterer, rear right; and Luca Boyles prepare for a snowball fight in 2019 near Patrick Smith Park.°®¶¹app
Charles Leal and his son, Chaz, play in the snow on the Plaza in 2007. Leal and his son were visiting from Florida.°®¶¹app
A man makes his way through heavy snow in Estancia in 1987.
The snow doesn't slow business at the drive-up window at a liquor store in 1984.
After taking a cold winter walk in several inches of new snow, Jenny Albert decided to use her cross-country skis on°®¶¹app East Alameda in 2000.°®¶¹app
Men use a horse-drawn sled to get through the snow in 1979.
Megan Carlos, top, and her brothers, Jayden, unseen in the middle, and Ashton, in front, sled down a small hill in the Santa Fe National Forest in 2004.°®¶¹app
Snowy adventures in 1989.
Dash Barron roughhouses with his dog Penny at Patrick Smith Park during a snow day in 2022.
One-year-old Chloe Padilla enjoys her first time playing in snow on the Plaza in 2023.
Sally Elgin carries Christmas packages through the Plaza as she heads home from the post office.
Clarissa Romero bounces down a hill at Franklin Miles Park in 2000.
Los Alamos residents make their way to the post office through a snowstorm in 1988.
A snowy scene downtown, circa 1990.
Playground fun in the snow, circa 1980s.
Walking through the snow on Palace Avenue in 1991.
Patrick Durr helps dig out from the snow at his Fifth Street home.
A driver gets out of his car to check out the damage after crashing into a wall at the intersection of Otero Street and Paseo de Peralta in 2009.
Marcos Rodriguez, front, and Kelli Barela sled off Cerro Gordo Road in an undated photo.
Two students walk through a winter wonderland in 1976.
Kids sled down the street as their best friend looks on in 1976.
Richard Vigil Jr. builds his "American snowman" in 1989 in front of his Paseo de la Conquistadora home.
A stop sign on the corner if Nusbaum and Otero streets is barely visible under the snow, circa 1970s.