Around the County

El Rancho de las Golondrinas

Learn about New Mexico’s history the fun way! Costumed villagers will tell you—and show you—about life on a Spanish colonial ranch.

Hungry in Madrid, NM? Just Hollar!

Locals love The Hollar in the heart of Madrid…

Winter in
Santa Fe County

Santa Fe County is spectacular in the winter. The majestic mountains stand out even sharper against the deep blue skies when they are outlined by a fresh snowfall! What is it about adobe walls and snow that captivates the eye? In villages the farolitos are lit and the scent of piñon-fed fires wafts through the air. Let the question “Red or Green?” be answered by your taste-buds instead of your eyes when you cozy up to a meal of native chiles in this land that truly is “No Place Like Home.”

There’s Even More to Santa Fe In Santa Fe County

Travel just outside the city of Santa Fe and discover a place that will dazzle your senses while surrounding you with world class lodges, spas, hiking, golf, skiing, art food and much more.

Santa Fe County is the land that lies outside of the city of Santa Fe. Its northern border touches historic Chimayo and stretches south to the rolling plains of Edgewood.

From four Indian Pueblos (San Ildefonso, Pojoaque, Nambe and Tesuque) and ghost towns that housed some of the first European settlers to a living museum that showcases life as it was for the early Spanish colonists, Santa Fe County is diverse in culture.

The Crazy Heart Of New Mexico

In the new movie Crazy Heart, starring Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal, the offbeat and the beautiful landscape of Santa Fe County is as much a character in the film as any role played by living people. While the New Mexico movie-industry initiatives regularly receive press, Crazy Heart is the first recently-made New Mexico film to score big at the box-office. Not a tale for every taste, Jeff Bridges performance as an on-the-skids country music singer has already garnered “Best Actor” awards from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Chicago Film Critics Association, and the Golden Globes, and has been nominated for an Oscar. But the beauty of Santa Fe County shines throughout (even some of the scenes set in Texas and Colorado were filmed here), and the setting for the end of the film at the Santa Fe Opera will leave no doubt in anyone’s mind that the Santa Fe Opera, and Santa fe County itself, is certainly “No Place Like Home.”

Ski Santa Fe!

Snowboarding at Ski Santa Fe Ski Santa Fe: The Perfect Storm
Ski Santa Fe is 100% open! The amazing amount of snow we have been experiencing here has the Ski Santa Fe staff grinning all week long. And it’s the perfect time to try out the Ski Santa Fe New Free Style Fun Park, “The Bone Yard.” The park offers beginner to intermediate challenges. The Bone Yard is located on lower Gayway.
The Super Chief Quad Chairlift, Easy Street Beginner Chairlift, Sierra Double Chairlift and Pine Flats Conveyor Lift provide access to Midland, Broadway, Muerte, Thunderbird, J.C., Lower Gayway, Lower Parachute, Open Slope, Davey Lane, Thruway, Crossover, Santa Fe Trail, Easy Street and Pine Flats. All the ski area’s facilities are open.
Updated information can be found at SkiSantaFe.com.

Into the Wild West

This trip back in time, into the Wild West of Santa Fe County, begins with a picturesque drive through Bonanza Creek. Along the way are situated two authentic Western ranches that will interest movie buffs: the JW Eaves Movie Ranch (75 Rancho Alegre Road) and the Bonanza Creek Ranch (15 Bonanza Creek Road).

To get to Bonanza Creek Road take NM-599/Santa Fe Relief Route, heading south (towards Albuquerque). Follow this road just over 7 miles,