Las Conchas Fire, 2011

Las Conchas Fire- Summer 2011
 Fire burnt 156,000 acres, it started June 26 on the Las Conchas ridge, south and west of the Valles Caldera.

Picture of the top of Spruce Chair. 30 per cent of the ski area was burned, top of Spruce chair and chair 5 burned, Sunier Deck burned, all other structures survived.



Unloading area, Spruce Chair





Recovering forest near Dome road



There is beauty in the burnt forest





We will recover!