I was at Enchanted Forest on Dec. 25 and found the “inner area” trails out to Sherwood Forest in pretty good shape with track and skate lanes mostly free of rocks and stumps just short of the warming hut. The trails coming up to that point got a little sketchy (patchy/thin/icy), and the upper trails were taped off with caution tape (rightfully so). Their report says "The “outer area” including Little John, Long John, and Northwest Passage is still thin and has many stumps and bare patches. Use extreme caution when skiing the outer area." They need more snow, but are doing well with what they have, where they can.

If you're in the Taos area, I would recommend skiing at Amole Canyon instead (15 miles south on NM 518). Yesterday was pretty darn fantastic. More or less groomed by regular ski traffic, good coverage and quality snow, and the snowshoers were respectful of ski tracks. Trail map attached. Details here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/carson/recreation/recarea/?recid=44218&actid=24

FYI: We also attempted some trails near Valle Escondito golf course and Forest Road 5 off of NM 64 and found thin/patchy/icy conditions where snow is exposed, but fairly decent in the trees--kind of hard to piece together a big tour.

Pray for snow soon for conditions to improve all around! Cheers!

Danielle

On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 11:51 AM Albert Bourbon via NMCCSCeGroup <nmccscegroup@mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

Can anyone comment on enchanted forest , haven’t been for 20 years , they got recent snow . Thanks Albert

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> On Dec 23, 2020, at 6:38 PM, Sam Beard via NMCCSCeGroup <nmccscegroup@mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
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> Hello Skiers,
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> On Monday, December 21, six Ski Club members skied Coyote Trail on the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP). This trail is located across NM-4 from Valle Grande in the Jemez Mountains.
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> The snow conditions were excellent with about 7 inches of powder snow. Although Club volunteers had removed all the down trees several weeks ago, we found about a half-dozen trees across the trail. A few of these were removed with the pruning saw that Michael Arndt was carrying.
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> The tour was led by Michael Arndt and Sam Beard, and the other skiers were Lewis and Laura Shepardson, Amy Mathis, and Carol Miller.
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> Photos are presented in the attached Word document.
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> Sam and Michael
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> <Photos 12-21-20 Coyote Call Trail.docx>
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