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So the wife and I went on a ski trip and enjoyed about 3 feet of new snow while we were there. We also did some hiking and snow shoeing while we were there. If you are a skier and haven't been to Taos NM you are missing out. Some of the best skiing in the country and almost no people. Longest lift line was about 30 seconds.


Red River joining the Rio Grande River north of Taos NM. Red River is on the left.


Tighter shot of same.


Red River Canyon.


Rio Grande River on the way down.


River view looking north on way down.


Our Future about a half mile down the trail.


Trail or goat track. We turned around about 200 yards further down the trail as we weren't about to cross the river when the air temp was in the 20s.


Good view of a 12,000 foot peak rising from the high desert which is 8500 feet itself.


View towards Taos Mountain at Sunset with an old rail yard cattle pen.


Top of chair 1.


Looking towards West Basin.


Ski School meeting place at Whistle Stop Cafe. About as crowded as Taos ever gets. Notice only one chair occupied in back ground.


Is this where flocked Christmas trees come from?


Riding lift 8.


Riding chair 6, again notice the lack of other people.


Steeps lose something in the lens.


Looking to Main Street running down from Kachina Peak. Next year there will be a lift to the top of that peak. Now it is about an hour hike. This is from the ridge as we are walking towards Kachina.


Last two folks from our class of five up on the ridge. This is only about a 12 minute walk from top of lift. The last dude there had a bit of a freak out moment waiting and watching but then he had the best run of all of us.


Our own private Mountain? Sure seemed that way.


Looking Southwest towards Los Alamos.

It's nice to see pictures of snow and mountains. Nice scenery.

NM is right at the top of my list of places I wouldn't mind moving to after my kids are all done with school. Lets hope all the left coast refugees don't get there first and fukk it up before I get there.

While northern NM might be nice, the central and eastern part is an uninhabitable wasteland. No grass, no trees, nothing but sharp as razors sticker bushes, brambles and tumbleweeds for miles on end.

We drove from Portales all the way across that god-forsaken landscape on the way to Vegas. We had my daughters dog with us and had a hard time finding a place decent enough for him to piss on.

There's a reason we tested the first atomic bombs there. It might've actually improved the scenery. We should give it back to Mexico.

NM isn't a bad place to retire at all. Taxes are damn near non existent on property.

Great outdoor activities, cheap booze, and plenty of land.

You do have lots of Indians though which means avoiding drunk drivers and who make Smackaholic's yard look like a Royal Garden.

Wags brings back a memory of my I-10 roadie. Driving through the Land of Enchantment, and going across a God forsaken desert, I see road signs that say "DO NOT PICK UP HITCHHIKERS"---WTF ??? A few miles later I see the reason for the signs. New Mexico State Prison. Nice place for it.

Left Seater wrote:

Looks doable.

"Northern Mexico"? I thought this thread was going to be about Canada.