Explore Taos County
Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort
First northern New Mexico ski area. Caters to families, reasonably priced. Rental shop, family-oriented ski school, 45 lodging units (most with kitchens, fireplaces) skiable to and from lifts. 33 trails, 4 chairlifts, uphill capacity of 2,900
Penasco, NM SkiingAngel Fire Resort Ski / Snowboard Area
Popular year-round resort 24 miles east of Taos with New Mexico's only 2 high-speed, quad chair lifts, 64 trails, 2,077-ft. vertical drop. Ski and snowboard half-pipe terrain park with rail slides, tabletops, spines. Also, 6,000-sq.-ft. children'
Angel Fire, NM SkiingEnchanted Circle
86-mile U.S. Forest Scenic Byway. Connects Taos, Questa, Red River, Elizabethtown, Eagle Nest, Angel Fire, or vice versa via NM-522 / NM-38 / US-64. Beautiful views of New Mexico's highest mountaintops, including Wheeler Peak at 13,161
Angel Fire, NM Scenic DrivesWheeler Peak Wilderness Area
In Carson National Forest. Old miners' cabins, ruins of copper-mining company, 13,161
Taos Ski Valley, NM Wilderness AreasLa Hacienda del los Martinez
Restored Spanish colonial hacienda, built about 1800
Taos, NM Historic Buildings