On our way into the mountains we begin seeing signs of mining and found out the town of Questa has been the home of a Molybdenum Mine for many years with lots of problems and fines along the way. The mine is barely active no but the tailings from the mine are as big as the mountains around. Information about the mine and its problems can be found at http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=5963 From there we headed north through the mountains to Red River, now a ski resort. The mountains in this area are beautiful and we were amazed at how much snow is still on them. Probably not enough to ski though.