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
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- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- Expert
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Snow and weather
The National Weather Service forecast for the mountain, and the snowpack measured nearby. Live: each figure gives its source and time.
Trail map
Season not stated · 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 200 ft. The key counts the lines OpenStreetMap draws, not the resort's runs.
Getting there
Santa Fe Regional (SAF) 1 h 40 min · Albuquerque International (ABQ) 2 h 44 min
Photos
No photographs of Sipapu 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
Power (unlimited)Power (unlimited)
- Power PassUnlimitedPower Pass 2026/2027: Unlimited skiing and riding at all 10 Power Pass mountains—no blackout dates, ever.source
Rankings
14 — #38 base14 — #38 base, #61 top lift, #61 summit in the U.S.
Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.
- Summit elevation#61 of 341 U.S. · #8 in New Mexico
- Highest lift-served elevation#61 of 471 U.S. · #8 in New Mexico
- Base elevation#38 of 316 U.S. · #9 in New Mexico
- Advertised vertical drop#161 of 388 U.S. · #8 in New Mexico
- Lift-served vertical#140 of 304 U.S. · #8 in New Mexico
- Skiable acres#170 of 316 U.S. · #8 in New Mexico
- Named trails#139 of 347 U.S. · #7 in New Mexico
- Advanced + expert terrain#61 of 202 U.S. · #2 in New Mexico
- Beginner runs#104 of 202 U.S. · #7 in New Mexico
- Total lifts#180 of 479 U.S. · #6 in New Mexico
- Average annual snowfall#128 of 252 U.S. · #5 in New Mexico
- Drive from the fly-in airport#388 of 504 U.S. · #7 in New Mexico
- Drive from nearest major airport#360 of 504 U.S. · #5 in New Mexico
- Drive from closest airline airport#444 of 506 U.S. · #4 in New Mexico