Five Things to Do This Weekend
Above: Among the 447 artists participating in the virtual Santa Fe Indian Market is Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo). Photograph courtesy of Southwestern Association of Indian Arts. Attend Santa Fe…
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Tag: Taos Ski Valley
He’s No Dummy
Above: Slim Slidell says ... "Pay attention!" Photograph by Dan Leeth / Alamy Stock Photo. Slim Slidell is a hero. Whenever Taos Ski Valley has “slider” conditions—firm, challenging snow—there he is…
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This Legendary Climber is a Ski Patroller at Taos
DAVE HAHN SAYS HE'S ALWAYS been somewhat homeless. Born on a military base in Japan, he grew up in California and New York and has split his time among the tallest mountains of the world ever since…
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The Renaissance
Above: Taos Ski Valley during its annual Torchlight Parade. Photographs courtesy of Taos Ski Valley. SKIING IS DIFFERENT IN New Mexico. That was the first thing I realized, on a maiden chairlift ride…
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Let It Slide
Above: A mother and teen hit the powder at Taos Ski Valley. MY LOVE OF SKIING BEGAN at Ski Santa Fe when I was six years old, back in the days of leather boots and wooden-edge skis. I didn’t need any…
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Home on the Slopes
IN 1963, my father, John Miller, decided to chuck a secure job with a windowless office in Amarillo, Texas, and head to the mountains of northern New Mexico, where he dreamed of life atop a pair of…
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