Recent Travel Articles About Taos
Today's Unresolved Mysteries: The Taos Hum
The Today Show Weekend Edition
by Lester Holt
Today Show, NBC Network, February 16, 2008
This four minute NBC piece is about the elusive -- and fun -- 'Taos Hum'. It also shows a lot of Taos' spectactular outdoor beauty from the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge and other locales. See the complete piece at The Today Show web site.
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Where the skier meets the spirit
The sacred mountain of the Taos Ski Valley is more than just a winter playground
by Melissa Bearns
The Oregonian, March 02, 2008
With more than a 200-inch base at Northwest resorts, it might seem silly to travel far afield for fresh tracks. But if you're looking for a chance to get away from the gloom to clear blue skies and some of the lightest, driest snow in the world, head to New Mexico.
The state isn't nicknamed the Land of Enchantment for nothing. Something about the way the golden light glints off the brick brown of the adobe dwellings, the warmth of the food and the people, the way the landscape is both languid and extreme, gives New Mexico a magical feel.
This season the state's ski resorts have been pummeled with storms and are having one of the best snow years on record. But New Mexico is more than just steep and deep, though you'll find plenty of both. It's a place that will rekindle the fire of your soul, soothe your mind and remind you of all the dreams you thought you'd forgotten.
For us, our experience with ski instructor Antonio Zuni on the slopes of Taos was the essence of New Mexico. Zuni, a Native American from the Tiwa tribe, hosted a "Meet the Sacred Mountain" tour in which he introduced visitors to the spiritual, native oral history of the area.
It was different from the tours we'd been on before, more of a living prayer or a celebration of life. It moved some to tears, and later, at dinner, the best way we could describe it was that it felt like we had gone to church.
"We are so different from a Vail or an Aspen," Zuni said. "We recognize and value that difference, not only in the ski area but in the different cultures that convene here, the magic of the mountain."
Through a poetry all his own, Zuni helped us experience the magic he feels every day....See the complete story at The Oregonian.com.
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Choice Tables | Taos, N.M.
Taking the Bite Out of a New Mexico Winter
by Henry Shukman
The New York Times, February 10, 2008
TAOS is at its moodiest and most beautiful in winter. It’s the time of the silver gray mesa, of ominous clouds, of crackling cedar logs in kiva fireplaces, of snow clouds billowing in across the plain, of the smoke of house fires leaning in lines from the pueblo rooftops. The adobe architecture seems so well suited to winter, both physically and spiritually. It offers the kind of haven from the cold no other building material can.
But northern New Mexico architecture is not just about mud. A large part of its charm comes from its adz-hewn wood — the beams, doors, sideboards, window frames and floorboards made of pine and oak, on which you can still see the blows the adz made.
Like Santa Fe, Taos has long been... -- Read full story at nytimes.com
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Find the Real New Mexico
by Matthew Jaffe
Sunset Magazine, October 2007
There was an autumn 10 years ago when I was ready to move to Taos. I had made friends here and fallen hard for hikes in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains by day and raucous conversations over margaritas by night in Taos's de facto living room, the Adobe Bar...
Now I'm back in another fall, this time with my wife, Becky, and all the old sensations of Taos come alive again. The cottonwoods are aglow, clad in October gold. Their leaves shimmy in the breeze, fluttering to the ground where they tumble down the street and crunch underfoot.
Lured by the promising twilight, we head to San Francisco de Asis Church, an 18th-century structure that, thanks to Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe, became a modern art icon... — Read full story at sunset.com or at Sunset Magazine archive.
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Best Crowd-free Ski Resorts in North America
by Everett Potter, ForbesTraveler.com
USA Today and Forbes, December 12, 2007
No matter how glamorous and beautiful a ski resort, it doesn't matter if you're stuck in lift lines all day. Unearthing a mountain that's uncrowded isn't impossible—it just takes a little work.
The good news is, we've done the work for you. In many cases, these 10 mountains have as much, if not more, to offer than their better-known siblings. But reaching them requires effort and time, which puts them out of the reach of many skiers.... -- Read full story at USA Today/Forbes (see#5)\
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The Hidden Southwest
14 Secrets of the Southwest
by Christopher Ketcham
National Geographic Adventure Magazine, March 3, 2008
#7...you can bring a sommelier and RAFT In STYLE
The classic three-day raft trip between El Vado and Abiquiu on the airbrushed Chama River (think multicolored sandstone canyons, old-growth ponderosa stands, and meadows blazing with purple asters) hardly needs an infomercial-style bonus offer. But act now and Taos-based Los Rios River Runners will arrange for an astronomer, archaeologist, gourmet chef, sommelier, local-lore storyteller, yoga instructor, or -- new for 2008 -- herbalist to accompany its guests... --Read full story at NationoalGeographicAdventure.com
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Art
Welcome to New Mexico. Now Create
By Jori Finkel
The New York Times, January 27, 2008
From a distance they looked like any other tourists at the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, trudging through a muddy, slushy January landscape in black boots and black parkas with cameras and video cameras in hand. But from the snatches of conversation you could tell they were artists of one sort or another... -- Read full story at nytimes.com.
Taos Ski Valley has rightly earned its spot in the pantheon of North America’s most challenging ski areas. The mountain is striated with runs so steep that skiing them elicits moments of giddy free fall; a ski-gear-clad dummy positioned mid-slide under one of the lifts is a humorous, yet pointed, reminder to brush up on your self-arrest skills. Long before hike-to, backcountry-style terrain became trendy, skiers were hoofing it up the Highline ... -- Read full story at nytimes.com.
Top 10 Midweek Getaways
Sunset Magazine, February 2008
Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
Head for a mountain hideaway
There's no better excuse for playing hooky than the Bavarian Lodge and Restaurant, a European-style chalet secluded in the spruces. The four airy suites ooze Old World alpine elegance, with hand-painted murals, four-poster beds, and great views. Downstairs, the restaurant ($$$) serves gourmet Wienerschnitzel. Fresh powder outside your door pretty much guarantees you won't make that morning meeting. INFO: From $300, including breakfast; 505/776-8020. –Katie Arnold -- Read full article at sunset.com
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Albuquerque Magazine "The Great Snowflake Escape" December 2007
Albuquerque Journal Taos Hum Winter 2007-08
The following article appeared in Woman's Day magazine November 13, 2007.
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