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I planned for such a thing, as I intended to drive through that area during my holiday travel to see family. I ended up taking a different route because most roads in New Mexico were closed, but I still brought an ample supply of water, a couple days worth of food, a snow shovel, a zero degree sleeping bag, and I had my cell phone reporting my location every minute or so when I had cell service. I also drove a very capable 4x4 vehicle, but that's a more difficult detail to change just for a winter trip. :)

All of that planning is a good idea, but better than that would be to monitor the weather and road conditions closely, and stay home if it looks bad. NMDOT and CDOT publish state road conditions on easy to use sites like nmroads.com and cotrip.org. They're absolutely necessary information for travel in this area during winter. If there's a blizzard warning posted for the area (and there was), its a VERY BAD IDEA to try to travel in remote areas like north eastern New Mexico. The distance between towns is quite large, and that area is pretty prone to blowing snow.