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Taos Ski Valley is a very interesting place. It had the first electricity in New Mexico when they were Copper mining up there way back when, but the project didn't last. Taos Ski Valley was accessible on only a wagon road until the Seventies.

There are a ton of cool reasons to go to TSV for your skiing and snowboarding. There's the view and the slops, the runs. The magic of our own Taos Mountain just creates a vibration within you while on the mountain that is virtually unmatched for clear thought. And meditative skiing - like "The Zen of Skiing" - Real Mind over Matter stuff. And actually TSV skiers have spoken of some very spiritual inner moments, there.

Take a Trip to Taos Ski Valley, Okay?

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Brilliant sunlight - crystal clear vivid blue sky - air sparkling, alive with tiny ice crystals, feeling like you're in the middle of a glittering toy snow globe!

Beautiful bright white snow, groomed to perfection on our 67 ski trails - NM's only two high speed quad chairlifts whisk you 2,000 ft up the mountain so you can glide down the uncrowded terrain.

Ski area open early December - late March. (weather conditions permitting).

Freestyle Skiing

Freestyle skiing began in the 1930s, when Norwegian skiers began performing acrobatics during alpine and cross-country training. Later, non-competitive professional skiing exhibitions in the United States featured performances of what would later be called freestyle. Aerial skiing was developed in about 1950 by Olympic gold medalist Stein Eriksen.

Freestyle skiing began to develop further throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, when it was often known as "hot-dogging." Bob Burns pioneered this style in Sun Valley, Idaho beginning in 1965.[1] In the late 1960s other followers of the style included Wayne Wong, John Clendenin, and Tom LeRoy. Some people thought that this style of skiing was too dangerous and did not want it to be an Olympic sport. The free-form sport had few rules and wasn't without danger; knee injuries became a common phenomenon for professional freestylers.

At Posi-Ouinge

The trail to Posi begins at the Ojo Caliente Mineral Spa at N36 18.312 W106 03.165 next to the Posi Center Lodging. A rough sketch of the trail and a BLM interpretive pamphlet can be obtained from the Spa Lodge reception. The trail is steep and rocky in places, sandy, and level in others. The trail is not paved. It winds westward up the drainage from the Hot Springs, heads south and bisects the Pueblo at its highest point. It continues northward above the west side of the Rio Ojo Caliente and connects back to the main trail. The round trip hike covers about a mile.

The Tewa Indians have a story about their origin. It is a tale of a long journey. They tell about the beginning when the Tewa were one people. Dividing themselves into two groups called the Summer People and the Winter People, they traveled along the sides of two big rivers: the Rio Grande and the Rio Chama. They made many stops along the way, building a village at each location.