Scheduled Opening Day
Join us as we celebrate the beginning of our 73rd ski season, with First Chair swag from Sierra Nevada + bragging rights for the first to ski in the new season in New Mexico!
Archives: Events
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Christmas Eve PARTY
Sipapu has brought back its legendary Christmas Eve party, featuring free homemade posole and a tortilla, plus Christmas cookies in the Riverside Cafe
Moonlight Event
Explore the mountain by moonlight! This FREE, guided tour or bonfire takes you from the base area to mid-mountain. Once you reach the turnaround point, catch your breath and warm up with hot cocoa and a roaring campfire. Be sure to wear warm clothes and sturdy boots. Flashlights discouraged. Let the bright full moon be […]
SIPAPU FAMILY REUNION
Join us Saturday, January 25 as we celebrate Sipapu's heritage! Wear your throwback ski gear and party with us on the patio with music, FREE cupcakes, a retro slideshow of years past at the mountain, games + more. Our GM will be on hand for a ski mountain tour at 1:30 at the top of […]
MOONLIGHT HIKE & CAMPFIRE
Explore the mountain by moonlight! This FREE, guided tour takes you from the base area to mid-mountain. Once you reach the turnaround point, catch your breath and warm up with hot cocoa and a roaring campfire. Be sure to wear warm clothes and sturdy boots. Flashlights discouraged. Let the bright full moon be your light! […]
February Fun Fest
February Fun Fest Event Schedule Our FREE February Fun Fest Weekend celebration includes a giant snow castle and mountain-wide scavenger hunt, with heaps of fantastic prizes and more fun than you can shake a ski pole at. Costumes highly encouraged! Saturday, February 22:9 AM Snow Castle Opens + Yeti Scavenger Hunt begins.The mountain team hides […]
Lloyd bolander pine cup race
This giant slalom race presented by the Santa Fe Ski Team, celebrates our founding father, Lloyd Bolander with a fun race on the mountain! Register here. Cost is $35 for this fun memorial race.
Cardboard Derby
The festival of duct tape and cardboard is back! GET READY. GET SET. GET CREATIVE. GO! Cardboard Derby is one of Sipapu’s most talked-about Family Friendly Family Fun events. Build your own vessel using ONLY cardboard, duct tape, string or twine, and paint. Race yourself or your team down the mountain for your chance to win […]
Pond skim contest
Skiers and boarders test their balance and bravery—and try to stay dry—as they race down the mountain and attempt to “skim” across our skimming pond. Prizes awarded to the best finishers, including prizes from Sierra Nevada Brewing! The man-made “Lake Sipapu” is about 75 feet long, 3 feet deep and filled with 30-40 degree river water. […]
Corny Closing Days
It's the corniest closing weekend EVER as we celebrate CORN SNOW Friday-Sunday. Have you heard of corn snow? That large crystal snow that you get to ski only in spring? This article by OpenSnow claims it’s the next best thing to powder!!! So we are celebrating that great corn snow with the corniest closing weekend […]
Community Yard Sale
Sell your stuff at the Sipapu Community Yard Sale. We'll have 10x10 spaces in the parking lot. Grab your spot for $10, plus a table and 2 chairs for $5 for the day. Community members, local vendors, artisans and anyone selling crafts or goods are welcome to join!
Rio Pueblo Open
The Rio Pueblo Open is back! Join us May 17–18 for a two-day throwdown at Sipapu and Two Gray Hares in the mountains of New Mexico! Registration is open —don’t miss your chance to play two of the most beautiful and technical courses in the Southwest.
Sipapu Summer Slam
The Sipapu Summer Slam is back. Check back for registration information.
Mountain West Vintage Trials
Sipapu is an excellent trials area located 20 miles south of Taos on NM Hwy 518. Visit the Sipapu Ski Valley website for information on camping, lodging and driving directions. This event is a great chance to get familiar with the mountain before the NATC Western Regional Youth and Women’s event. All vintage, twin-shock, historic Mono-shock and […]
