Impressive Walls of Snow Border Road in Northern Spain (PHOTOS)

Chris Dolce
Published: March 16,2016
The impressive walls of snow in the photos above were taken on March 13,2016 in the Burgos province of northern Spain.

Circled are the snow capped Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain on Feb. 20, 2016
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This region of Spain is home to the Cantabrian Mountains, which run from west-to-east just inland from Spain's northern coast. Some peaks in the mountain range rise over 8,000 feet.
According to Getty Images, the road in the photos is located between Las Machorras and the ski resort of Lunada. The snow walls have been created by the removal of both recent snowfall and snow from the winter season so far.
Snow depths at a few ski resorts in the Cantabrian Mountains currently range from 59 inches to 118 inches, according to onthesnow.com. Though there was no specific report near the area where the photos were taken, it's safe to say feet of snow has fallen in the region this winter.
In some ways the walls of snow resemble the annual spring opening of Tateyama Kurobe Route in the Japanese Alps, though not as extreme.
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