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Big Bend National Park
Snow Days in Big Bend
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| NPS/Tom VandenBerg | | Snow Bear at the Lost Mine Trailhead |
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A wintertime snowfall in the Big bend is a rare thing; a gift, as it were. While not totally unusual, snowfalls occur at most once or twice in an average winter, usually at elevations from 3,500' and up.
Since most visitors never get to experience snow in the Big Bend firsthand, the photographs on this page provide a glimpse into a Big Bend that few people see.
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Old Snow (4 Photos)
Photographs of snow in the Big Bend.
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Snow 2000 (2 Photos)
Photographs of snow in Big Bend.
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Snow 2001 (3 Photos)
Photographs of snow in the Big Bend.
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Snow 2004 (15 Photos)
Photographs of snow in the Big Bend.
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Snow 2006 (25 Photos)
Photographs of a snow storm in the Big Bend, December 8, 2006.
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Snow 2007 (11 Photos)
Photographs of a snow storm in the Big Bend, January 17, 2007.
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Did You Know?
As part of the Mission 66 development program, Big Bend National Park received $14 million dollars for improvements between 1958 and 1965. One Texas writer felt that these developments, such as paved roads and campgrounds, "will not sissify nor citify the wilderness...."
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Last Updated: January 17, 2007 at 17:39 EST |
