With a starting elevation of 9,200 feet above sea level, Taos Ski Valley (Village) is a lush, green oasis at the base of New Mexico’s tallest peak, Wheeler. Home to the states highest residential home that sits at 10,388 feet above sea level and let’s not forget the world class ski and snowboarding resort. Year round activities are plentiful along with merchants offering lodging, shopping and dining.

Taos Ski Valley is a two-hour drive north from Santa Fe and is now seeing growth due to the recent purchase of the resort by hedge fund titan Louis Moore Bacon. If you are looking for a condo, home or land in the Taos Ski Valley now is the time as popularity of this sleepy little valley continues daily along with real estate prices.

Taos Ski Valley has become synonymous with German food and beer, short lines, deep and steep skiing all in a valley provides a Swiss Alpine feeling. If you get to Taos Ski Valley and feel that it might just not be the right place in Northern New Mexico for you to call home, head back down the mountain and look for a home in Taos, El Prado, Arroyo Seco, Arroyo Hondo or Ranchos de Taos.