Information AboutSierra Blanca |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT SIERRA BLANCA | |
| mountain ranges of new mexico | |
| mountains of new mexico | |
| volcanoes of new mexico | |
| lincoln county, new mexico | |
| otero county, new mexico | |
| SHOPPER'S DELIGHT | |
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Sierra Blanca (also called the '''White Mountains''') is a range of igneous mountains in Lincoln and Otero counties of south-central New Mexico . The range is about 40 miles from north to south and 20 miles wide, dominated by Sierra Blanca Peak in the center of the range and its highest point at 11973 feet (3649 m). Sierra Blanca Peak is the highest point in the southern half of New Mexico, has the highest Prominence in the state and is one of the southernmost points at which alpine ecosystems occur in the United States . The majority of the range is within Lincoln National Forest, though much of the southern half is part of the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Sierra Blanca includes the town of Ruidoso , and the area has a number of popular hiking and camping destinations as well as southern New Mexico's only skiing slopes. |