Report Updated: Thursday, December 7, 2023 9:16 AM

Nice conditions on the mountains with snowmaking ongoing and more terrain opening up. And there is a chance for some fresh snow this weekend. Here are some highlights: Santa Fe has opened more runs this week… Taos has opened Lift 1 with several runs under it… Sipapu starts daily operations Friday… Red River has the beginner area and the Platinum Lift with Broadway open from midway… Purgatory has opened more runs including the backside... Wolf Creek I snow 90% open… Arizona Snowbowl has opened a couple more runs.

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Sandia Peak

New: 0

Storm: 0

This Week: 7

Opening details still being worked out with the new area operator, Mountain Capital Partners. The Power Pass products will be good at Sandia this season.

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Santa Fe:

New: 0

Storm: 0

This Week: 18

Base: 30

Season: 32

Runs: 22/89

Lifts: 5/7

Notes: Open with the Super Chief Quad and Sierra Double chairlifts running. Lift tickets, lesson packages, and rentals are now available for purchase online. Grab a Peak Plus Pass or One Pass and ride all winter long at a discounted daily rate. New this year is the Santa Fe Express Ticket. This allows guests to link their preferred payment directly to a reloadable ticket and bypass the ticket office all season.

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Taos Ski Valley:

New: 0

Storm: 0

This Week: 12

Base: 21

Season: 34

Runs: 7/113

Lifts: 5/13

Notes: Lift 1 is now open with access to Whitefeather, Powderhorn from the Whistlestop Cafe down, Whitefeather Bowl, Bambi Glade (with features!), and Powderhorn Gully!

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Pajarito:

New: 0

Storm: 0

This Week: 7

Base: 6

Season: 16

Notes: Snowmaking underway. Opening Dec. 22!

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Angel Fire:

New: 0

Storm: 0

This Week: 6

Base: 6

Season: 17

Runs: 0/81

Lifts: 0/7

Notes: Snowmaking underway on front and back sides of the mountain. Scheduled opening date is Dec. 15.

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Sipapu:

New: 0

Storm: 0

This Week: 4.5

Base: 16 (manmade)

Season: 12.5

Runs: 6/42

Lifts 4/6

Notes: Will reopen with Sasfras and Butterfly now open, Lift 5 open and Thumper and Bambi available as well as a small terrain park. Daily operations start Dec. 8.

New this season: Sipapu will have a new double black diamond trail called Dysfunction opening once enough snow falls, likely sometime in January. Dysfunction is the outermost run on the left side, next to Indecision. Sipapu this summer also renovated its hotel rooms and casitas, with a variety of amenities and improvements.

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Red River:

New: 0

Storm: 0

This Week: 0

Base: 20 (manmade)

Season: 13

Runs: 8/64

Lifts 4/7 (just opened the Platinum chair and runs off of it)

Notes: Open Friday through Sunday with daily operations starting Dec. 15. Great progress on snowmaking. Beginner area open and Broadway off the Platinum chair at midway.

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Ski Apache:

New: 0

Storm: 0

This Week: 5

Will reopen this Saturday and Sunday.

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Purgatory:

New: 0

Storm: 0

This Week: 9

Base: 20

Season: 29

Runs: 37/105

Lifts: 6/11

Notes: Lift 3 (Hermosa) and the backside are now open and Chair 4 (Twilight) is open with terrain under it. The Columbine beginner area is also open.

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Wolf Creek:

New: 0

Storm: 0

This Week: 16

Base: 32

Season: 55

Runs: 130/144 (90% of the mountain)

Lifts: 9/10

Notes: Use extreme caution on Alberta and Charity Jane lifts due to unconsolidated snowpack.

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Arizona Snowbowl (Flagstaff):

New: 0

Storm: 0

This Week: 9

Base: 16

Season: 18

Runs: 8/55

Lifts: 4/8 (Grand Canyon Express and Little Spruce Conveyor)

Notes: The Grand Canyon Express Chairlift and Little Spruce Conveyor are open. The Grand Canyon Express Chairlift has access to intermediate trails only including Midway Catwalk, Log Jam, Round Up, and Wild Turkey and the Little Spruce Conveyor will allow access to a limited amount of beginner terrain.

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Cross Country Areas:

Here are the links to some other resorts of interest in New Mexico, Southern Colorado and Arizona. Click on the resort name to get all the details.

Enchanted Forest XC

Chama Cross Country

Valles Caldera National Preserve

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Report Legend:

Snowfall amounts are listed in inches. Surface conditions are noted as follows: P=Powder, PP=Packed Powder, TP=Tracked Powder, MG=Machine Groomed Snow, HP=Hard Packed, SP=Spring Conditions, VC=Variable Conditions, NR=No Report From Ski Area, N/A=Not Applicable, T=Trace.

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More Information:

Here are some links that you may find helpful:

Ski New Mexico

Colorado Ski Country

Ski Utah

New Mexico National Weather Service

Colorado National Weather Service

Colorado Mtn Weather & Avalanche Report

Detailed Ski Area Forecast From SnowForecast

Warren Miller Films & Info

National Forest Service (has fall color info and more)

Colorado Ski History Web Site (includes info on closed NM/CO areas)

New Mexico Road Conditions

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Road Condition Phone Numbers:

New Mexico 800-432-4269, Colorado 303-639-1111, Utah 866-511-8824, Arizona 888-411-7623.

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