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Ruidoso New Mexico Ski Apache
Ski Apache
Ruidoso New Mexico Ski Apache has always been a unique ski and snowboard area and a different experience. The mountain, the ski school and the ambience made it that way. With excellent beginner, intermediate and experienced skiing and snowboarding.
Ruidoso New Mexico Ski Apache is a world renowned ski and snowboard mountain. When the snow is deep and the base is good there is no better mountain in the world. There is no more beautiful place all year long. Ride the lifts, take the gondola and it is all about the mountain and the bluest sky anywhere on Earth. Ruidoso New Mexico Ski Apache is a unique treasure.
Scenic Highways and Day Trips
Billy The Kid National Scenic Byway
Mountainous/Rural Byway, NM 48, NM 220; US 70/380; 84.2 miles
Follow the ghosts of famous lawmen, outlaws, and warriors through the rugged beauty of the million-acre Lincoln National Forest. This nationally designated historic byway has been home to Billy the Kid, the Lincoln County War, the Mescalero Apache tribe, Kit Carson, "Black Jack" Pershing, the Buffalo Soldiers, the world's richest Quarter Horse race and Smokey Bear.
What to visit along the Scenic Byway
Billy the Kid Interpretive Center, Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs Racetrack, Billy the Kid Casino, Capitan, Smokey Bear Museum, Fort Stanton, Glencoe, Hondo, Lincoln, Ruidoso, San Patricio, The Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts.
Day Trips
Land of Volcanoes - La Tierra de los Volcanos - a gallery for geologic formations
Capulin Volcano National Monument - near Capulin
Carrizozo Lava Flow - Valley of Fires National Recreation Area - Carrizozo
Cerros del Rio - Caja del Rio Plateau, Santa Fe National Forest
El Malpais National Munument and Conservation Area - near Grants
Mount Taylor - Cibola National Forest - near Grants
Rio Puerco Volcanic Necks - Sandoval County
Vallas Caldera - west of Los Alamos
Ice Caves beneath Lava Badlands - The Great Divide north of Ruidoso
City of Rocks State Park - between Silver City and Deming
Indian Aztec Reservation breathtaking sandstone formations
Anasazi Arch - 12 miles north of Aztec in Cox Canyon, near the Colorado border
Pillar, Outcrop and Alien Arches - near NM 173 just east of Aztec
Peephole, Petroglyph, Rooftop and Alligator Arches - Horse Canyon 10 miles east of Aztec
Arch Rock - Arch Rock Canyon 9 miles northeast of Aztec
Rio Grande - near Truth or Consequences
Elephant Butte Lake and Caballo Reservoir State Parks- 2 hours drive from Ruidoso:
Boat rentals, guided fishing trips, therapeutic mineral baths, historic mining ghost town
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge - 1 1/2 hours drive from Ruidoso:
Observatories around Ruidoso
Sunspot - 1 hour drive - south
Very Large Array - 2 hours drive - west
Forts around Ruidoso
Fort Stanton - 1/2 hour drive - north
Fort Bliss - 2 1/2 hours drive - south
There are 33 Stateparks in New Mexico / around Ruidoso - to name a few:
Bottomless Lakes - Roswell - 1 hour drive - north
Red Rock State Park - near Churchrock - 3 hours drive - north
Bandelier National Monument - Indian Cliff Dwellings - 2 1/2 hours drive - north
Mogollon Mountains - 2 1/2 hours drive - north
Bluewater Lake State Park - 2 1/2 hours drive - north
Coyote Creek State Park - near Mora
Brantley Lake - Carlsbad - 3 hours drive - south
Wineries around Ruidoso
In the heart of Ruidoso:
Willmon Vineyards
1 hour drive - south:
Tularosa Winer; San Tomas Vineyards
3 hours drive - south:
Blue Teal Vineyards & Tasting Room; La Vina Winery; Mademoiselle Vineyards
Santa Rita Cellars; St. Clair Vineyards
2 1/2 hours drive - north:
Sisneros - Torres Vineyards & Winery; Anderson Valley Vineyards
Bees Brothers Winery; Casa Rondena Winery; Corrales Winery
Gruet Winery; Jory Winery; Milagro Vineyards; Sandia Shadows Vineyard & Winery
San Felipe Winery; Anasazi Fields Winery; Madison Vineyards & Winery
3 hours drive - north:
Ponderosa Valley Vineyards & Winery; Balagna Winery; Santa Fe Vineyards
Los Luceros Winery; Black Mesa Winery; La Chiripada Winery
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