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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Taos Ski Valley

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico

Updated April 1, 2019

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Unusual Attractions in Taos Ski Valley

Wheeler Peak

Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico

Wheeler Peak

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico

Ski-Slope Tree Martinis

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.
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El Salto del Agua waterfall and cave

Arroyo Seco, New Mexico

El Salto del Agua Waterfall

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.
6 miles from Taos Ski Valley

Taos, New Mexico

Taos Pueblo

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
11 miles from Taos Ski Valley
Preparing blue corn for atole.

Taos, New Mexico

Tiwa Kitchen

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.
12 miles from Taos Ski Valley
Three concrete slabs with small, destroyed remains of headstones sit behind a V-shaped tree opening.

Taos, New Mexico

The Three Brujas

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.
14 miles from Taos Ski Valley
Curtain closed.

Taos, New Mexico

D.H. Lawrence Forbidden Art

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.
14 miles from Taos Ski Valley

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Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico

Ski-Slope Tree Martinis

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.
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