Winter Activities
Angel Fire Resort
Join us for our First-ever Dirtbag Ball tomorrow night in Angel Fire! A celebration of the ski town lifestyle that sacrifices upward mobility for downhill ability. Starting at 6pm in the large, heated tent in front of the Lodge. Music by The Damn Band. Fluorescent colors, tight pants and flamboyant ski hats encouraged. PBR will be served. King and Queen Dirtbag will be crowned. You are invited. $5.00 cover. Proceeds to go to the Ski & Snowboard Team.
Skiing & Snowboarding
Wonderful snow, events and blue skies. Please click on the Skiing and Snowboarding above for more detailed information about Angel Fire Ski Area.
Red River Ski Area: 754-2223 (about 30 minutes from Angel Fire)
Taos Ski Area: 776-2291 (about 1 hour drive to the ski area)
Snowmobile Tours
Angel Fire Excursions: 377-2799 (Guided Snowmobile trips, singles and doubles.
Bobcat Pass Wilderness Adventures: 754-2769
Snowmobiling and Sleigh rides: 377-4316 (AF Resort)
Tubing
- 3 lane tubing hill down 1,000 foot groomed trails. 2 hour sessions open from 10am to 9pm AngSnowshoeingel Fire Resort: 377-6401
- Did you know that approximately 20% of Angel Fire is green belt area. This is area that cannot be developed and is set aside for wildlife and recreation (non-motorized). There are wonderful trails in the greenbelts for snowshoeing. In addition, you can ride up the Chili Express chairlift and snowshoe the trails on top of the ski area, or access the Carson National Forest for endless miles of trails.
Ice Fishing
- Eagle Nest Lake State Park (800)ASK-FISH or (505)445-2311
Cross Country Skiing
- Offering 22 km of terrain across 4 trails ( 1 beginner, 2 intermediate and 1 advanced) Angel Fire Resort: 377-6401
-Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski & Snowshoe area located at Bobcat Pass at Hwy 38 Red River: 754-6112
-Call Mountain Sports for rentals and sales 575-377-3490.
Ice Skating
- At Olympic Park off of Hwy 434 turn in at the entrance to the golf course. Weather permitting. Angel Fire Resort: 377-6401
Sleigh Rides
- Roadrunner Tours: 377-6416 Weather permitting also offers horseback riding tours during the winter.
Written by Tara Chisum
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The Angel Fire Shovel Races, that took place on February 11 and 12 of 2011, resulted in a record breaking speed of 73.21 mph by Jeff Hamblin from Austin, Texas while riding a 12# grain shovel down the 1,000 foot snow track. There were 80 competitors, huge crowd and beautiful weather! It time for all you Shovel Racers to start planning your strategies for next year’s event!
The legend that is the Angel Fire Shovel Race Championships returns February 11th and 12th on the face of Exhibition. Watch racers as young as 6 years old all the way to adults fly down the single lane course. Prizes will be given to the winners at the Awards After Party in the Village Haus. Live entertainment with the Rudy Boy Experiment.
Ok you crazy skiiers!! Mother Nature provided 13 inches of snow last night and promises more tonight. The temperatures are cold, so should not get slushy in the afternoons…but, me, not being a skier/snowboarder, am planning on staying right here, in front of the fire, with a hot cup of cocoa, with marshmallows on the top! But you Daredevils and Snowbirds, come on up and enjoy the beautiful slopes Angel Fire has to offer!
Do you have any tips you could share for the snowmobile tours? We are expanding into McCall, Idaho and I was wondering if you have been doing the tours for a few years, what your best advice is. Do you allow any off trail rides?
WHAT were we thinking when we recently downsized from a 5 bedroom, 3.5 bath home to a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. This weekend was Powderkeg Mountain Festival in Angel Fire Resort! Our daughter, Darcy and her fiancé, Brett drove from Phoenix to Angel Fire Thursday, the long way. When they got to Sedona and 1-40, the interstate was closed because Flagstaff got 7 feet of snow! They turned back and drove from Tucson to Las Cruces and finally arrived in Angel Fire about 11pm. That turned a 10-hour drive in to 15. Our other son-in-law, Brant, had a medical conference in Phoenix and he, our oldest daughter, Jamie and their three children left for their trip on Thursday also. At Grants NM (2 hours west of their home in Rio Rancho) they had to turn around and decided to come to Angel Fire to ski and snowboard. After 4 hours they were back to their home in Rio Rancho, where they started to re-pack summer to winter clothes for 5 people. Our son, Dustin (Colorado Springs, and my brother, Chris (Santa Fe) thought it sounded like a party and decided to come, too! That’s 11 people (plus our daughter, Tara, and her partner, John, that live in Eagle Nest) at our house from Thursday to Sunday, but who’s counting. I sure wish the carpet was installed in the family room. That happens Tuesday. For the time being we made good use of the floor space. Levi, (2) slept in his pack and play in the closet, Luci, (5) on the floor in our BR, Logan (3) on the floor, Dustin on the couch and Chris on the air mattress in the kitchen. The rest of us had beds. It’s never boring, is it? You can’t imagine what a mess my house was! Oh, yeah, Thursday night Logan got the 24-hour bug – vomiting and diarrhea. Then Tara got it on Saturday. We had three snow storms last week and got about a foot of snow. Darcy’s car, the Jeep and the Suburban were all stuck at various times during the weekend. Good thing Dustin was here to pull us all out with his big truck.
We skied, snowboarded, rode inner tubes on the mountain, shoveled snow, watched KU and KSU and just had a blast. I ran the dishwasher 3 times one day. This was the first weekend of 10 days of concerts and we went to two. When the last or our children left about 1pm this afternoon, Stuart and I did all the laundry, cleaned the house and are just pooped. But it is so quiet and the TV is not on ESPN. I said I was ready to put the house on the market and find a bigger one but everyone else seemed to think it was fun.
We are adding on a new family room as I write this!
Kathy, I appologize for the late reply. Roadrunner Tours phone number is 575-377-6416. I called just to make sure and talked with Nancy Birch, the owner. Have fun!
Stephanie