Bob Lee wrote:

Jim Strohm wrote:

Bob Lee wrote:

That's a curious criticism of Taos, I've never heard anyone say that
it's crowded except at Xmas or during spring break. But if you thought
Taos was crowded, you aren't going to like any of those others in New
Mexico - except maybe Pajarito, it isn't crowded, just small and lower
elevation so there's often less snow, plus it's only open Fri-Sun.
Ruidoso is crowded.

Maybe it has something to do with the roads, but he left off Angel Fire
(often crowded by drape-snatchers) and Red River (redneck whitebread
hick town).

Good point - those places have good appeal to the middle-of-the-road
skier.

Red River's not bad for crowds, except on the traverse from the main
lodge bunny lift to the main mountain lift. And for interesting but not
particularly challenging skiing, it's a little better (lower) on the
altitude than Santa Fe.

Santa Fe is just high enough to get the flatlanders gasping in the
parking lot.

At the Santa Fe parking lot - around 10,300 ft - even marmots have been
known to pass out if they stand up too fast.

Hyperbole. The first and last sign of aging.

JP
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