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Taos Ski Valley
Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico viewed from Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Carson National Forest. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico viewed from Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Carson National Forest
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Taos Ski Valley
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Taos Ski Valley.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Taos Ski Valley is a village and alpine ski resort in the southwestern United States, located in Taos County, New Mexico.
Sources for this chapter
BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Taos Ski Valley before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Taos Ski Valley
The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Taos Ski Valley.
This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.
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Taos Ski Valley October 2011 1
Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico in October 2011. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico in October 2011
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
1955
Winter becomes organised
In 1955, Ernie and Rhoda Blake founded the area as a ski mountain.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Taos Ski Valley is recorded at 36.596° N, 105.454° W. Its catalogue reference reaches 3,804 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Taos Ski Valley
Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico viewed from Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Carson National Forest. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico viewed from Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Carson National Forest
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Taos Ski Valley now
Taos Ski Valley remains a small high-altitude village and ski area whose identity combines European ski-school traditions with northern New Mexico’s landscape and communities.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
Sources for this chapter
Artefacts in order of appearance
Taos Ski Valley
AOD.US.TAOS.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Taos Ski Valley October 2011 1
AOD.US.TAOS.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.