Taos Air Adds Direct Flights From California Starting this Week Taos Air launched last season, offering daily direct flights from Dallas and Austin from December through March, to an airstrip 30 minutes from the chairlifts at Taos Ski Valley, NM. This week they will launch a new service to Southern California, announced in November 2019,  kicking off Thursday 9th January. The new service to and from Carlsbad-San Diego or Hawthorne-Los Angeles […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 7, 2020 0 Comments
These 9 Ikon Pass Resorts Will be Opening this Weekend Brought to you by Ikon Pass A whole host of Ikon Pass resorts will be opening this holiday weekend, joining those that have already been open for a while now. Arapahoe Basin, CO was the first resort in the country to open and was closely followed by Copper Mountain, Eldora, and Winter Park in Colorado. Mammoth Mountain opened a couple of […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 26, 2019 1 Comment
Inbounds Avalanche that Killed Two in January at Taos Ski Valley, NM was Skier Triggered The US Forest Service says the deadly avalanche in January at Taos Ski Valley, NM was skier triggered, and that the resort had complied with its snow safety procedures. The skier triggered the avalanche that led to his death and the death of another skier after they were overrun by snow said a written review obtained by The Associated Press on […] Avalanche AvyBrains | July 16, 2019 0 Comments
A Stellar Snow Year Meant Taos Ski Valley, NM Just Enjoyed its Best Season in Over 20-Years Thanks to a stellar snow year, off the back of one of the driest years in a century, in 2018/19 Taos Ski Valley, NM enjoyed its best season in two decades, according to executive director David Norden. You might also like: Taos Ski Valley, NM: A Unique Culture and History New Mexico ski areas averaged 185 inches of powder from […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 24, 2019 0 Comments
Celebrate Some of the World’s Most Unique Ski Destinations with The Ikon Pass [Sponsored by Ikon Pass] U*NIQUE: being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else. Distinctive, individual, special, idiosyncratic, quirky, eccentric. The Ikon Pass is steeped in the idea that a sense of character is essential, that individuality is special, and that these ideas, every one of our 39 distinctive personalities, they should all be celebrated and showcased because that […] Featured Article SnowBrains | April 18, 2019 0 Comments
These 12 Resorts Are Closing For The Season On Sunday, April 7th, 2019: It’s your last weekend to take some turns at these 12 ski resorts. Don’t get caught sitting around, as many of them have all-time conditions for the first week of April. Taos Ski Valley, NMÂ is included in this list, but they still have another bonus weekend April 10th – 14th. Ski season may look like it’s winding down, but some […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 2, 2019 2 Comments
Taos, NM Trip Report: It Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This Report from Saturday, March 23rd, 2019 This past weekend I returned to New Mexico and visited Taos Ski Valley. Saturday morning saw 5 inches of fresh snow on the upper part of the mountain. The runs off Lift 2 (Castor, Reforma, and Blitz) offered great skiing throughout the day. Even though it was a powder day the mountain never became […] Trip Report Curtis Weller | March 29, 2019 0 Comments
Taos Ski Valley, NM: A Unique Culture and History Taos Ski Valley is located in the rugged Sangre de Cristo mountains at the start of the Rocky Mountains. Originally an old west mining town established in the 1800s, today is a world-class ski resort. “Old World ambiance seasoned with Native American and Spanish spice gives our valley its unique flavor. We resemble a European ski village but our core […] Featured Article Robin Azer | March 18, 2019 0 Comments
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