Ernie Blake, the founder of Taos Ski Valley, was a larger-than-life character who fled prewar Germany to became an interrogator of Nazis and later founder of New Mexico’s largest ski area.

With its stunning desert scenery and mountain vistas, New Mexico's High Road ... the mountains until Ranchos De Taos, home of the San Francisco de Asís church. Downtown Taos is four miles farther ...

Flanking the eastern edge of Taos, New Mexico, (about a 70-mile drive northeast of Santa Fe), the El Monte Sagrado takes hacienda living to a new level. Rooms feature adobe-style fireplaces ...