Mountain
How big it is and what the skiing is like, each figure with its U.S. rank.
Lifts: the count the resort advertises; resorts differ on whether surface lifts and carpets are in it.
Terrain · the resort’s own difficulty mix
· ·
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced + expert
Red River Ski Area publishes three levels, so its top share counts advanced and expert terrain together. · .
Snow and weather
The National Weather Service forecast for the mountain, and the snowpack measured nearby. Live: each figure gives its source and time.
Webcams
Live from Red River Ski Area’s own cameras, each in the player the resort’s page uses. Press play to watch; one plays at a time.
5 cameraschecked Sep 30
Lift House
Nothing loads from Brownrice until you press play.
Camera: Red River Ski Area · Brownrice player · from redriverskiarea.com
Trail map
2025–26 season · artist not stated
Seen as a trail map shows a mountain: from the base looking uphill, the ground tilted up (heights ×1.5); the arrow points north and the scale holds across the page. Runs and lifts as OpenStreetMap's contributors have mapped them, on the ground from USGS elevation data, with a stronger contour every 250 ft. The key counts the lines OpenStreetMap draws, not the resort's runs.
Getting there
San Luis Valley Regional (ALS) 2 h 3 min · Santa Fe Regional (SAF) 2 h 18 min · Albuquerque International (ABQ) 3 h 22 min · Colorado Springs (COS) 3 h 57 min · Denver International (DEN) 5 h 8 min
Photos
No photographs of Red River Ski Area that we may republish yet.More photos· Google Images
Passes, rankings and every number
Each row says what it holds; open one for the figures and their sources.
Passes
IndependentIndependent — not on Epic, Ikon, Indy, Mountain Collective or Power
On no multi-resort pass: not on Epic Pass, Ikon Pass, Indy Pass, Mountain Collective or Power Pass.
Rankings
14 — #27 base14 — #27 base, #38 top lift, #41 summit in the U.S.
Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.
- Summit elevation#41 of 341 U.S. · #7 in New Mexico
- Highest lift-served elevation#38 of 471 U.S. · #7 in New Mexico
- Base elevation#27 of 316 U.S. · #5 in New Mexico
- Advertised vertical drop#109 of 388 U.S. · #6 in New Mexico
- Lift-served vertical#102 of 304 U.S. · #6 in New Mexico
- Skiable acres#146 of 316 U.S. · #6 in New Mexico
- Named trails#79 of 347 U.S. · #4 in New Mexico
- Advanced + expert terrain#74 of 202 U.S. · #5 in New Mexico
- Beginner runs#32 of 202 U.S. · #3 in New Mexico
- Total lifts#151 of 479 U.S. · #3 in New Mexico
- Average annual snowfall#114 of 252 U.S. · #3 in New Mexico
- Drive from the fly-in airport#318 of 504 U.S. · #5 in New Mexico
- Drive from nearest major airport#417 of 504 U.S. · #9 in New Mexico
- Drive from closest airline airport#481 of 506 U.S. · #8 in New Mexico