by Jess from New Mexico
Reading through the surrounding blogs, it seems a blanket of snow has covered the entire country in its wintery shawl. All over sleepy little towns, people are slipping and sliding and driving at 20 miles an hour to work. New Mexico is no exception. Our fair, irregularly shaped state is getting school closures, delays and early releases almost twice a week now and drivers reluctantly leave their homes to slide through red lights on Cerillios Road. But, although we're not truly versed in the ways of winter, we do not complain. Instead we put on our game faces and hats with pom poms and we go up to the Santa Fe Ski Basin. These days the slopes are mobbed with inexperienced snowboarders, average skiiers and daredevils with wide grins venturing down some of the more intense slopes like Molly Hogan and Lower Wizard.
The Santa Fe Ski Basin, located up the wibbliest-wobbliest road in town, is the perfect place to learn how to become one with the snow. For the youngins, there's a great Ski School. Located up the double seated chairlift are some adorable bunny slopes and up the quad are some great intermediates i.e. Muerte and Midland. And for those feeling adventurous there's the triple lift which leads to fantastic views (Gayway) or a long, challenging mogul run (Roadrunner). Don't fit into the aforementioned categories? Well for those who don't feel like faceplanting into a mogul is enough punishment and would rather ski into a tree, there are runs like Big Rocks (a properly named run which resembles closer a sign pointing to a forest then a regulation run).
For those in New Mexico who love to glide upon the surface of the snow they go to the Santa Fe Ski Basin. For those who prefer requiring a parachute to ski, they go to Taos. In short, New Mexico is a great place for snow sports.
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