Where to Go Snow Tubing
THE BUNNY HILL at Red River Ski and Summer Area opens to winter tubing after hours. That means the fun doesn’t stop when the lifts close. “It’s a really short hill, but people still have fun,” says…
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Category: Family Fun
Stuff More Family Fun Into the Holidays
MAKE A PLAY DATE Santa Fe Children’s Museum’s newly redesigned Backyard features more than an acre of fenced outdoor space that includes a zipline, amphitheater, sandbox, garden, beehive, and…
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State Fair Rides for Every Thrill Level
The Grand Carousel is the centerpiece of the midway, with 60 colorful horses in rows of four, bobbing up and down to the calliope sounds that fill the air. “It’s the largest portable one they make,”…
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State Fair Rodeo FAQs
WHO ARE THE COWBOYS? “We get some of the top-ranked cowboys in the world,” he says. “One of the big reasons is, not only just the money that we offer here, but we’re one of the final stops before the…
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Tips to Score Big at the NM State Fair
AH, THE MIDWAY: A magical land where dreams are inflated to the size of a giant plush banana—and crushed in three tosses or less. But carnival pro Paul Smith, who has worked fairs for more than half a…
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Family Fun Beyond the Slopes
EACH YEAR, on the last weekend of February, a scene from Frozen plays out in the middle of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains as a snow castle—complete with slides, staircases, and multiple rooms—rises…
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Pumpkin Spice Up Your Fall
Balzano Family Vineyard and Pumpkin Patch 2025 Hours: Open every weekend in October. Fridays, 3-6 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sundays, 12-6 p.m. Celebrate 10 years of family fun as you pick…
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Family Gathering
THE FIRST THING YOU FEEL is the ground tremble with the rhythmic thumping of the drums. It is the symbolic heartbeat of the earth, echoing the hearts beating in our own chests. The drums are at the…
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Break Out for Family Fun
STEAM TEAM The Inspiration: At Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return, parents can indulge their kids’ curiosities at Santa Fe’s 70-room immersive art experience. Step into the refrigerator, duck under…
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