We're in the Wet Mountains and sit at about 7800 ft. We need an east or southeast upslope for our best snows down here.
Albuquerque lows dump on us something terrible. LOL
In 1997 we got 20 feet of snow for the winter...the most we've ever had down here.
The Albuquerque lows can really dump lots of snow here too. A few years ago was a March storm that dumped 4 1/2 ft at my house. It took me 3 days to dig out my sidewalk and driveway, but that was OK since the snow plows did not get here for 5 days!