You have to climb quite a bit to get to true forest. Albuquerque is in scrubby desert, although you get cottonwoods down by the river. Go a few thousand feet up

You have to climb quite a bit to get to true forest. Albuquerque is in scrubby desert, although you get cottonwoods down by the river. Go a few thousand feet up the Sandia Mountains and you'll get pines, cedars, aspens.