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Big Bend National Park
Snow Days in Big Bend
A snowbear

NPS/Tom VandenBerg

Snow Bear at the Lost Mine Trailhead

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. 

 
Boot Cabin in snow

Old Snow (4 Photos)

Photographs of snow in the Big Bend.
A snow bear, instead of a snow man

Snow 2000 (2 Photos)

Photographs of snow in Big Bend.
Snow on the slopes of Green Gulch

Snow 2001 (3 Photos)

Photographs of snow in the Big Bend.
Snow on the slopes of Wright Mountain

Snow 2004 (15 Photos)

Photographs of snow in the Big Bend.
Snow at Panther Junction

Snow 2006 (25 Photos)

Photographs of a snow storm in the Big Bend, December 8, 2006.
Havard agaves in the snow

Snow 2007 (11 Photos)

Photographs of a snow storm in the Big Bend, January 17, 2007.

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Blacktailed rattlesnake

Did You Know?
Poisonous snakes found in Big Bend National Park include the western diamondback rattlesnake, the Mojave rattlesnake, the blacktailed rattlesnake, the rock rattlesnake, and the Trans Pecos copperhead. The most commonly seen snake is the nonpoisonous western coachwhip, or red racer.
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