A Friendly Challenge.

Good idea for placemats/ mousemats etc....

Pavel

I have an elderly relative who lives quite close to Taos and I have often played around with the idea of combining a visit to her with a visit to Taos. You are obviously a big fan so maybe you can help me with a couple of questions about the resort:

1. I would consider myself a reasonable on-piste skier, comfortable on reds and can get down blacks in most conditions (even if sometimes lacking in elegance, finesse or even technique at times) but useless at off-piste, though I am determined to get better at it. Do you think it would hold the same type of appeal for somebody at my skiing level?

2. I would probably be bringing the family - whats it like for kids who are basically little more than beginners(8 & 6 years old)?

3. What do conditions tend to be like late in the season? If I were to go, it would probably suit best to go late in the season, possibly around Easter.

4. I get the impression that road maintenance in the winter can be poor and I am guessing that winter tires are not usually available for hire cars in New Mexico!. Does this mean that access to the resort in a hire car is likely to be be "challenging"?

Wanderer, I found this link (driving at bottom of page).

http://www.skinewmexico.com/travel_planning/faq.php

What it says there reflects my own experience driving across the US in winter. Snow chains are only required on a few steep roads and normally not at all for four wheel drive. Yanks like lots of big equipment and "snowplows" are no exception. They're great at keeping roads passable. In a snow storm, they close the road anyway until it's been cleared. If you are worried, there are more small SUVs available for rent now with good mpg (remember US gal is 20% smaller than Imp gal).

If you go, You may find the dollar will get a boost after the elections (whoever wins), but who knows.

Trencher