Being a US Mountain State, winter sports recreation is a popular pastime in New Mexico, and accommodates skiers at its many ski resorts and ski areas.[1] It includes Ski Apache, the southernmost major ski resort in the continental United States. Other ski areas in New Mexico include:[2][3][4]
List of ski areas
editActive ski areas
edit- Angel Fire Resort
- Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski Area
- Pajarito Mountain Ski Area
- Red River Ski & Summer Area
- Sandia Peak Ski Area (New Mexico's first ski area, 1936)[5]
- Sandia Peak Tramway (longest aerial tramway in the Americas)
- Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort
- Ski Cloudcroft
- Ski Santa Fe
- Ski Apache (southernmost major ski resort in the US, first gondola lift in the US)
- Taos Ski Valley
Former ski areas
edit- Agua Piedra
- Cedar Creek
- Eagle Creek
- Hyde State Park
- Powder Puff
- Sawyer's Hill
- Singing River Ranch
- Ski Rio
- Ski Sugarite
- Val Verde
- Woodlands
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Gibson, Daniel & Blackwood, Jay (2021) Skiing in New Mexico Arcadia ISBN 9781467107020
- ^ "Ski Resorts: Years They Were Founded". International Skiing History Association. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ^ Gibson, Daniel (January 7, 2009). "Skiing through history at the state museum". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ^ "History". New Mexico Ski Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "History of SPSP". Sandia Peak Ski Patrol. Retrieved March 4, 2021.