This page contains all the information on what has changed at your favorite resort for the 2007-2008 season.

Sandia Peak:  What's new coming soon.

Santa Fe:  What's new coming soon.

Taos Ski Valley:  The biggest thing now this season is an upgrade for the front side snowmaking capability. Taos can now make 20% more snow on the front side than in the past, while still making snow in Kachina Basin.

Angel Fire:  Angel Fire Resort, New Mexico's top year-round mountain playground, is gearing up for another great winter season. Coming off the best snow conditions in over a decade, the resort continues to upgrade the mountain, surrounding facilities and offers for families, including a multi-million dollar hotel renovation, expanded glade skiing terrain, new season pass products and the first-ever resort-wide Gift Card. Here are some details... Hotel Remodel: Angel Fire Resort's 120-room slopeside hotel will undergo an 18-month remodel that started in the Fall of 2007 with a new fitness center, upscaled common areas, and four "showcase" hotel rooms providing a preview look at the finished product. The finished remodel will include a comprehensive facelift for both the exterior and interior of the hotel, 100% guest room remodels, refurbished parking areas and group meeting facilities and the latest in technology upgrades.... New Glade Skiing Terrain: Angel Fire Resort will boost its claim to the most varied terrain in New Mexico, with the addition a new ten-acre glade skiing area to its mountain. The new addition will be situated on the backside of the mountain, in the trees between the existing ski trails "Fire Escape" and "Hallelujah". This will be the third glade ski area addition in the past three seasons, adding to Angel Fire Resort's current terrain for all abilities, including 72 trails on 500+ ski-able acres, two terrain parks, extensive cross-country trails, a four-lane tubing hill and New Mexico's only freestyle half-pipe.... The Southern Rockies Passport: Angel Fire Resort's new unlimited season pass offers one of the best pass skiing values in the Rockies. The Southern Rockies Passport is available now for $499/ $299 Juniors, College Students & Military. The pass offers unlimited skiing and boarding at Angel Fire, as well as three days of free skiing each at Crested Butte, Monarch Mountain and Pajarito Ski Area. In addition the card will have a $50 stored value which can be redeemed at any Angel Fire Resort retail outlet or food establishment. The stored-value feature can be re-charged at any point-of-sale location as a guest convenience. Other season pass options include: Sundays Only Season Pass good for every Sunday of the season for just $149.... Lift Tickets & Packages: Angel Fire Resort offers tremendous value when compared to the $70 ticket cost and long lines of many Colorado resorts. For the 2007-08 season, the resort will re-introduce the Teen ticket for $49 full-day. This pricing will be good for youths between 13-17 years of age. The Junior full-day ticket will be $39 for guests 7-12 years old and the Adult lead ticket price for guests 18-69 years of age will be set at $59. Ages 70 and over and 6 and under ski for free. Angel Fire Resort will also be offering some of last winter's popular promotions, including Kids Stay, Eat & Ski Free, the 5th Grade Free promotion and You Keep the Gear packages.... Angel Fire Resort Gift Card: In response to frequent guest inquiries, Angel Fire Resort will rollout a resort-wide gift card program this winter season. The Angel Fire Resort Gift Card provides guest convenience for easy, quick checkout at resort restaurants, retail, ski school, rental shop and other participating venues. The card can be used to set and monitor spending for families with kids, as well as for gift purchases. The gift cards can be purchased at Angel Fire Resort retail locations, can be charged with any cash value above $10, do not expire, can be re-charged, and balances can be checked conveniently via the resort's website.

Pajarito:  What's new coming soon.

Red River:  Red River Ski Area has restructured its toll free number, 800-331-SNOW. As you may or may not know, Red River Central has helped supply lodging packages for Red River over the past several years. The owners of RRC have taken a new direction with their local business with the acquisition of Frye’s Old Town. Red River Ski Area has taken control of the toll free number and since we cannot book accommodations we will now use the toll free number for reservations and referral to local lodging. We appreciate your patience as we work on new ways to provide information to you more efficiently.

Sipapu:  New for this season is a new trail map and two new runs! In addition they have tripled snowmaking ability giving you more fresh snow! With this increased our coverage they will be able to open trails sooner than ever. Exclusive lift and lodging specials that Sipapu have been known for, including free lodging for parts of the season.

Ski Apache:  What's new coming soon.

Durango Mountain Resort (Purgatory):
The biggest task for the new year has been upgrading the snowmaking system. They have added new, energy efficient machines to our fleet, and upgraded the current machines to be more energy efficient which will help us increase our uphill snowmaking capacity by 50 percent. This will allow DMR to cover more terrain more quickly during the early season and for the first time ever snowmaking on the backside of the mountain! That means they will be able to get terrain on this popular part of the mountain open earlier. Also new this season, an upgraded rental fleet. More than 200 new skis and snowboards have been added to the rental shops, offering some of the best equipment in the area. They specifically upgraded our children's line of ski and snowboard rentals, making it even easier for the little ones to learn on the slopes. Also new this winter, they are completely revamping the Cafe above Dante's, the premier spot to eat on The Backside. We're still tinkering with the menu, the new name and the layout of the restaurant, but we're sure you'll be as excited as we are come opening day. Finally, the construction of the new Purgatory Lodge continues. The new Purgatory Lodge will total about 130K square feet and will include residential units, club facilities, a day lodge, a fitness center, a new Purgy's restaurant, lockers, retail shops, a family pool area and a ticket office. This new lodge should be complete in 2009.

Wolf Creek:  For the 2007 - 2008 ski season, Wolf Creek will finish up a number of projects that were started last summer including: the Summit patrol building on top of Treasure lift and water free restrooms at the top of the Raven and Treasure lifts. Base area maintenance, trail work, reseeding, removal of spruce beetle infested trees are a partial list of the on going work on the mountain. One hundred percent of Wolf Creek’s electricity is offset with wind power for winter and summer operations. Wolf Creek will continue to run the Divide Shuttle, which provides the return service for skiers exploring the western boundary of Wolf Creek’s Special Use Permit. A schedule is posted in the ticket office for customer information. Wolf Creek’s fleet of buses will continue to provide free shuttle service to and from the complimentary parking. Also, over holiday period Wolf Creek runs extended operating hours for all guests to have an optional early morning or late run on the mountain. Wolf Creek’s Rental Department has again upgraded all its ski and snowboard rentals with high-end equipment that rents at extremely affordable prices. Noel Sports, located below the Pathfinder bar, is Wolf Creek’s newest snowboard retail shop, providing the latest in Burton and Never Summer boards, bindings and boots as well as other accessories.

Silverton Mountain:  Eight years after Silverton Mountain owners Aaron and Jen Brill applied for a federal permit to operate their ski area, their patience was recently rewarded with approval by the Bureau of Land Management. This new permit could lead to earlier openings and more unguided skiing. Silverton Mountain, has operated on renewable annual permits since 2001. The new permit allows for year-round use of the area, which means they can now go into July if they have the snow. Silverton Mountain spans 1,819 acres, of which 1,300 are owned by the BLM. The permit applies to the BLM land. The chairlift and base area are on private property. The permit does not allow new chairlifts or other improvements on BLM land. It permits as many as 450 skiers a day. The operating schedule for the new season is as follows: December 1 - January 13, 2008 Unguided skiing (guides available for those who want guided skiing at that time, guides can take you beyond the unguided boundaries). Planned dates of operation for December are 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 (dates subject to change at any time). Open Thurs-Sun starting January 3rd. January 17th - March 30, 2008. Open Thurs-Sun Guided Only Skiing with approx 80 skiers a day or less. Reservations for guided skiing available now. April 4- April 27, 2008 Unguided skiing returns (guides still available for those who want guided skiing at that time, guides can take you beyond the unguided boundaries). Planned dates of operation for April are 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27. Schedule for April is subject to change.

Telluride Resort:  New this season is the opening of Black Iron Bowl, adding eight runs of backcountry-style terrain adjacent to Prospect Bowl. The area sits against the dramatic backdrop of Palmyra Peak on the western end of the resort. Black Iron Bowl is accessible via Lift 12 (Prospect Lift) and a short hike out Prospect Ridge. Skiers and riders will be able to drop in anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes hiking time along the ridge. Dropping 1000 vertical feet on the primary pitches, terrain includes the expansive Mountain Quail couloir, European-style faces, open glades and steep chutes. The Mountain Quail couloir had previously been accessible as guide-only, but now the full expanse of Black Iron will be open for public access as conditions allow. Other new runs include Westlake, Lakeview, Review, Dihedral Chute, Dihedral Face, Jello’s Bowl and Nice Chute. Black Iron Bowl, named for an old mining claim, is an excellent addition to the existing inbounds hike-to areas of Bald Mountain and Prospect Ridge, where advanced skiers and boarders enjoy fresh tracks virtually all season. Conditions permitting, Black Iron Bowl will open as early as January. On the heels of Telluride’s opening of Black Iron Bowl to pubic access, the resort has gained approval for skiing and riding Palmyra Peak this winter. Located east of Black Iron Bowl and Prospect Bowl, this unbelievable hike-to terrain includes well over 200 acres and almost 2,000 vertical feet on the north face of 13,320 foot Palmyra Peak. What can be considered some of the most spectacular in-bounds terrain in the country, the runs Tram Shot, Sunrise and Electric Shock drain into Upper Moraine, and Lower Palmyra Ridge which lead into Black Iron Bowl. This opening has been made possible due to the addition of a new avalauncher this fall to the top of Gold Hill #5.

Valles Caldera National Preserve:  What's new info coming soon.

Enchanted Forest XC:  What's new info coming soon.

What's new further up in Colorado:
Arapahoe Basin: Arapahoe Basin is moving forward with the construction of the Montezuma Bowl expansion project, its largest expansion since its inception 60 years ago. A-Basin received approval from the White River National Forest to construct Zuma Lift, which will provide access to approximately 400 acres of intermediate and advanced skiing in Montezuma Bowl. The expansion will increase the ski area’s terrain by 80%, bringing A-Basin’s total skiable acres to 900. Lift construction has begun, the bowl is scheduled to open during the 2007-2008 ski season.  The new terrain will run the gamut of blue, black and double black rated runs, 34 in all. The skier and rider will discover cornices, chutes, gladed runs and wide-open bowls. Several runs will be groomed nightly providing the intermediate guest with much coveted additional cruising terrain. Hike back terrain past the lower lift terminal will also be available for the adventurous skier or rider who has more interest in experiencing a remote, back country feel. The new chair in the area is a Leitner Poma fixed grip quad 9-minute ride time Summit elevation 12,472 feet 4,100 feet in length 1,100 vertical feet Uphill capacity of 1900 people per hour 147 chairs Expansion Cost: $3 million.

More Info: 
Ski New Mexico
Colorado Ski Country
Ski Utah
New Mexico National Weather Service
Colorado National Weather Service
Colorado Mtn Weather & Avalanche Report
Nationwide Ski Conditions
Detailed Ski Area Forecast From SnowForecast
Warren Miller Films & Info
National Forest Service (has fall color info and more)