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The 2021–22 New Mexico ski season has launched. Snowsports journalist Daniel Gibson has the inside scoop on where to go now.

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...

Peninsulas have good points! Who needs to sail off to an island when you can just walk to these British beauty spots? The Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall is the UKs most southerly point and has drawn innovators as well as visitors Wales is a peninsula of peninsulas – a favourite is the Marloes, jutting out from the Pembrokeshire coast  The Shotley Peninsula, a small, flat stretch of land between two Suffolk rivers, has inspired artists and writers 

Notes: Highline Ridge and West Basin Ridge open. Closing day is Sunday, April 4. Taos Post Season Policy: Uphill skiing/riding is only allowed beginning three days after the announced last day of winter ski area operations and ending on May 15th, when the Summer Operations Plan takes into effect. During this time the New Mexico Ski Safety Act duties of ski area operators will not apply to the skiing area or any persons skiing/riding on the terrain. All such skiers/riders will legally assume al...

12/16/2020 By Daniel Gibson More regional ski areas continue to open and add additional terrain after last week’s substantial storms. For details read on. But as we await better days, here’s a look at one of New Mexico’s skiing institutions, Rick Richards of Taos Ski Valley (TSV). Richards is the author of the excellent, informative and colorful book Ski Pioneers: Ernie Blake, His Friends, and the Making of Taos Ski Valley, and has been a key member of Taos’ acclaimed ski school for 35...

Notes: Highline Ridge and West Basin Ridge open. Closing day is Sunday, April 4. Taos Post Season Policy: Uphill skiing/riding is only allowed beginning three days after the announced last day of winter ski area operations and ending on May 15th, when the Summer Operations Plan takes into effect. During this time the New Mexico Ski Safety Act duties of ski area operators will not apply to the skiing area or any persons skiing/riding on the terrain. All such skiers/riders will legally assume al...