Natural & Manmade Snows Blanket Northern NM

The Taos area ski resorts are blessed with several inches of natural snow already and most began their manmade snow ops the last week of October. As long as the nightime temps remain under 30F (better yet 25F), they should be able to build a great bse to begin skiing at Thanksgiving. Sipapu may pull the trigger a week early (they try to be NM's first open).

Taos Ski Valley will open Thanksgiving Day unless they can't due to a lack of natural powder. Taos also announced the Soloman Extreme Freeride Championships March 10-13, 2010. That is a premier event with the main show offering a $12,000 purse. It is part of a series with events in Russia, France, Switzerland, and the USA.

Angel Fire gained the most snow from the early season dumps and begin snowmaking early december. Their openning is set for mid December. Night skiing will be offered at Angel Fire this year from 4 to 9 PM Thursday thru Saturday with a seperate ticket for the night time adventure.

Red River is testing there new triple that replaced the red chair. They plan to open the day before Thanksgiving.

No news from Ski Rio. It was supposedly purchased by Russian investors with grand development plans. We used to sell tickets for them but that's many moon back. Don't know about you but I'm working out, lifting, and biking in preparation fo working the quads. Pray for snow! Links to most local areas on our winter page on the web site.

Enchanted Forest is also getting ready for you cross country fans. Plus the Llama adventure folks are doing show shoe treks this winter in varied Taos area mountianous locations.

The best value in ski lodging is always Indian Hills Inn, Taos Plaza. If you travel with a non skier (perish the thought, but it does happen), Indian Hills Inn is simply the best location to stay. We are walking distance to virtually all the downtown Taos galleries, museums, libraries, shops, dining, and entertainment places. For most dates, we offer prices competitive with the outlying motels but with the convenience and quality you prefer. Take a look: www.newmex.com/indianhillsinn then call for reservations 800-444-2346.