ANGEL FIRE RESORT OPENS FOR THE SUMMER SEASON ON MAY 14 WITH A FULL OFFERING OF ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES New Mexico Mountain Resort to Offer Best Mountain Biking in the Southwest, Family-Friendly Summit Ziplines, Golf, Lake Activities, and Expanded Outdoor Farmers and Artisan Market
April 19, 2021 09:00 ET | Source: Angel Fire Resort Angel Fire Resort Angel Fire New Mexico, UNITED STATES
Angel Fire, New Mexico, April 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Angel Fire Resort, located in the Southern Rocky Mountains of northern New Mexico, has announced the summer season lineup of activities that will start May 14. For those looking for outdoor adventure in a scenic mountain town, Angel Fire Resort has carved out a family-friendly packed summer schedule.
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03/10/2021
| By Snowsports Journalist Daniel Gibson |
A fun, new, short film I ran across online, the Solomon-produced 12-minute documentary titled “The Chairlift,” got me thinking about these mechanical devices that are so essential to downhill skiing as we know it.
While self-powered backcountry skiing is growing by leaps and bounds, almost every skier or snowboarder first stoked their snow passions by riding chairlifts and skiing within developed areas. It is probably the single greatest invention related to skiing, and did more to popularize the sport than any other development.
James Curran created the first at Sun Valley, Idaho, for the 1936–37 season with financing by Averell Harriman, the former governor of New York. Curran, who never skied, was an engineer with Union Pacific Railroad, which then owned the fledgling ski area. The single-seaters were modified from banana conveyor systems built to load cargo ships in the tropics. The basic design remains in effect tod
03/04/2021
| By Snowsports Journalist Daniel Gibson | See current ski conditions after this story |
This week we take a brief look at another key function of ski areas that largely goes unnoticed by skiers, but plays a huge role in how good or bad the experience on the slopes is. As with snow grooming, making manmade snow is an activity carried on largely at night and thus out of sight. None in New Mexico do it more, and better, than the crew at Taos Ski Valley, led by Tommy Murray, snow surfaces manager. Here’s a brief look at the process, plus details on current conditions.