Red River, New Mexico · United States · ski area
Red River Ski Area ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Red River Ski Area is a ski area in Red River, New Mexico, United States with 29 km of mapped downhill runs and 7 lifts, between 2,635 m and 3,131 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 29 km
- Lifts
- 7
- Top elevation
- 3,131 m
- Vertical drop
- 496 m
- Nearest airport
- TSM · 37 km
Slopes by difficulty
85 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 5 Chairlifts
- 2 Magic carpets
Red River Ski Area is a ski area in Red River, New Mexico, the United States. Its 85 mapped downhill runs add up to 29 km, which ranks it #109 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 336 m long.
Slopes at Red River Ski Area
About 37% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 34% intermediate and 29% advanced or expert, which makes Red River Ski Area a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 7 lifts: 5 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,635 m up to 3,131 m, a vertical drop of 496 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Red River Ski Area
The nearest airport is Taos Regional Airport (TSM), about 37 km away in a straight line — roughly 48 minutes by car; San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field (ALS) is 91 km away. Nearby ski areas include Taos Ski Valley (43.3 km), Angel Fire Resort (53.0 km), Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort (12.8 km) and Cuchara Mountain Resort (16.2 km), which together add 155 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Red River Ski Area
- 1 TSM37 kmstraight line
- 2 ALS91 kmstraight line
- 3 SAF135 kmstraight line
- 4 PUB194 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Red River Ski Area
- 14 kmTaos Ski Valley43 km of slopes · 14 lifts · up to 3,602 m
- 38 kmAngel Fire Resort53 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 3,256 m
- 63 kmSipapu Ski and Summer Resort13 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 2,821 m
- 76 kmCuchara Mountain Resort16 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 2,902 m
- 100 kmRaton Ski Basin (Closed)Small ski area
- 107 kmSki Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Q3855529 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 3,685 m
- 107 kmTerrain ParkSmall ski area
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.