Category: Skiing

  • Making It Happen!

    Making It Happen!

    Last week’s annual Race Camp was a rousing success. These dedicated gentleman make Race Camp a reality at Red RiverSki Area. L-R. Joe Downing, Sean Horner, George Brooks, Linton Judycki, with son Atlas on his shoulders, Walt Foley, Ed Hampton, Jeff Speck. Source: https://www.facebook.com/TheRedRiverMiner

  • Sitzmark’s 1st Winter Ski Athlete Award

    Sitzmark’s 1st Winter Ski Athlete Award

    Meet 9-year old Gibson Smith, Sitzmark Sports & Lodging’s first recipient of their new “Sitzmark Sports Winter Ski Athlete Award!” Gibson started skiing on rentals from Sitzmark when he was just 2-years old, a full year before getting on his first bicycle! When he was a baby, his parents, Michael and Melissa Smith, noticed he…

  • GEORGE WOERNDLE: SKIING WAY OF LIFE A FAMILY TRADITION

    GEORGE WOERNDLE: SKIING WAY OF LIFE A FAMILY TRADITION

    George Woerndle was living in Aspen, his birthplace, in 1955 when he began skiing at the age of two. His teacher was his father, Toni, an instructor at the Colorado resort and a member of the pre-war German Olympic ski team. To say that George learned the lessons of the day would be an understatement.…

  • RRSA: A Quality Experience

    RRSA: A Quality Experience

    The Red River Ski & Summer Area strives to provide the best and most enjoyable experience for Alpine skiers. Red River has been known as the Ski Town of the Southwest since it opened its trails in 1959 because it’s located in the heart of the town. With 80 % of resort lodges located within…

  • Magic In The Woods

    Magic In The Woods

    The Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski & Snowshoe Area is located on Highway 38, just 3 miles from town at the top of Bobcat Pass. It has 20.5 miles of groomed ski trails, 9.3 miles of trails for snowshoeing and 3.1 miles of trails where you can ski with your dog! EFXC provides the finest…

  • It Was A Moment In Time

    It Was A Moment In Time

    Lori Starbuck (center), seen here with Rick Lamb (left) and Drew Judycki (right), represented Powder Puff Ski Area and the Red River Ski Area at the sports show in the Astrodome in Houston in the mid-1970s. “It was a lot of fun,” she says. “We had folks from both ski areas and we took ski…

  • Skiing RRSA Today

    Skiing RRSA Today

     The Red River Ski & Summer Area opened its doors in winter of 1959-60 and became immediately known as a great place to learn Alpine (Downhill) skiing. It maintains that reputation into the 21st century and is proud of the level of teaching it has established. It is also dedicated to providing a quality winter…

  • A Little Bit of History

    A Little Bit of History

      If you are looking for a corporate ski experience, you will be much happier looking elsewhere. Red River Ski & Summer Area is not the property of a large company who has invested in the entertainment industry. Red River is a family-owned operation and chooses to provide a warm and positive Alpine skiing experience.…

  • Visit the Enchanted Forest

    Visit the Enchanted Forest

      Before the John and Judy Miller opened the Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski & Snowshoe Area opened for business on Bobcat Pass in the winter of 1985-86, Nordic skiing as it is officially known had been going on in Red River for several years. Currently observing its 31st year of operation, the EFXC area…

  • The Millers – Skiing Pioneers

    The Millers – Skiing Pioneers

      For John and Judy Miller, a life in Red River was somehow inevitable. The mountains called and they answered, then left an indelible mark on skiing in Red River. In return, they were inducted into the New Mexico Ski Hall of Fame in 2008, joining such luminaries as the late Drew Judycki, longtime owner…