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Arizona or New Mexico Skiing
We're going to be driving across Arizona and New Mexico in a couple of week and
I'm trying to talk my wife into doing some skiing along the way. We tried Taos a few years ago and my wife didn't like it. Few runs off each chair meant crowed runs. We're looking at: Arizona: Arizona Snow Bowl by Flagstaff Sunrise Park Mt. Lemmon by Tucso New Mexico: Sandia Peak by Alburquerque Ruidoso Ski Apache Ski Santa Fe Ski Pajarito by Los Alamos Any constructive comments are welcomed. |
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"xenman" wrote in message ... We're going to be driving across Arizona and New Mexico in a couple of week and I'm trying to talk my wife into doing some skiing along the way. We tried Taos a few years ago and my wife didn't like it. Few runs off each chair meant crowed runs. We're looking at: Arizona: Arizona Snow Bowl by Flagstaff Sunrise Park Mt. Lemmon by Tucso New Mexico: Sandia Peak by Alburquerque Ruidoso Ski Apache Ski Santa Fe Ski Pajarito by Los Alamos Any constructive comments are welcomed. Sheesh, another newbie. Coming here, expecting "constructive" comments. If things seems a little strange, try rec.skiing.alpine.moderated, or just keep your sense of humor tuned up. |
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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). 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. OTOH, I understand that the shuttle-served return from the backside out-of-bounds is very convenient and very popular with 'boarders. |
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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 *********************** Telemarkers. Feh. |
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Jim Strohm wrote:
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). What's a drape-snatcher? There are times when I believe I've led an extremely sheltered life... -- Cheers, Bev oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Will give investment advice for food. |
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xenman wrote:
We're going to be driving across Arizona and New Mexico in a couple of week and I'm trying to talk my wife into doing some skiing along the way. We tried Taos a few years ago and my wife didn't like it. Few runs off each chair meant crowed runs. We're looking at: Arizona: Arizona Snow Bowl by Flagstaff Sunrise Park Mt. Lemmon by Tucso New Mexico: Sandia Peak by Alburquerque Ruidoso Ski Apache Ski Santa Fel Ski Pajarito by Los Alamos Any constructive comments are welcomed. I skied the Sunbowl. From the summit you can see the southern rim of the Grand Canyon which, I believe, is about 80 miles to the North. The drive from Pheonix to Flagstaff is very scenic. We were there on Thanksgiving weekend and they already had 50++ inches of snow. The Sunbowl is divided in two, on one half you've got advanced trails and a 2000 ft vertical and on the other half you have a 1000 ft (guess) drop and blue cruisers. I wouldn't recommend it for a skiing vacation unless you want to make it part of a general trip to Arizona. My family has ties to Pheonix and my wife loves Arizona, so I'm sure I'll be back. Jeff |
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xenman wrote:
We're going to be driving across Arizona and New Mexico in a couple of week and I'm trying to talk my wife into doing some skiing along the way. We tried Taos a few years ago and my wife didn't like it. Few runs off each chair meant crowed runs. We're looking at: Arizona: Arizona Snow Bowl by Flagstaff Sunrise Park Mt. Lemmon by Tucso New Mexico: Sandia Peak by Alburquerque Ruidoso Ski Apache Ski Santa Fe Ski Pajarito by Los Alamos Any constructive comments are welcomed. Snowbowl, if it is open and has snow, gets EXTREMELY crowded on the weekends. Can still be fun though. I personally would rather try Taos. But I have never been there, so maybe that is why. ---------------------- Chester Bullock, Colorado Mountain Cams, Snow Conditions, Opinionated Reports http://www.black-diamond.com AIM: tenxible YahooIM: ccb247 |
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xenman wrote:
We're going to be driving across Arizona and New Mexico in a couple of week and I'm trying to talk my wife into doing some skiing along the way. We tried Taos a few years ago and my wife didn't like it. Few runs off each chair meant crowed runs. We're looking at: Arizona: Arizona Snow Bowl by Flagstaff Sunrise Park Mt. Lemmon by Tucso New Mexico: Sandia Peak by Alburquerque Ruidoso Ski Apache Ski Santa Fe Ski Pajarito by Los Alamos Any constructive comments are welcomed. 1) Add Angel Fire and Red River to your list of candidate resorts. 2) Check back in a week or so - I'm going out there this Saturday for a week. I'm sure I'll have an opinion or two to share. -- //-Walt // // There is no Völkl Conspiracy |
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"Walt" wrote
1) Add Angel Fire and Red River to your list of candidate resorts. 2) Check back in a week or so - I'm going out there this Saturday for a week. I'm sure I'll have an opinion or two to share. Walt, I for one would very much appreciate your reports on Angel Fire or Red River. I'm thinking of heading up that way. Elle |
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