THE WAIT IS JUST ABOUT OVER FOR NEW MEXICO SKIERS. SIPAPU IN TAOS COUNTY WILL BE THE FIRST RESORT TO OPEN ITS SLOPES TOMORROW (FRI). DIRECTOR OF HOSPITALITY JOHN EWING TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD. HE SAYS THEY HAVE 30 INCHES OF NATURAL SNOW AND ARE MAKING SNOW AS WELL.
EWING SAYS THIS IS THE 17TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT SIPAPU HAS BEEN THE FIRST SKI RESORT TO OPEN IN NEW MEXICO. RED RIVER PLANS TO OPEN NEXT WEDNESDAY…FOLLOWED BY SKI SANTA FE AND TAOS SKI VALLEY ON THANKSGIVING DAY.
