For many, the key image of the West is of a lone horseman wearing a broad-rimmed hat and soiled high-heeled boots, moving freely through an immense & majestic landscape of mountains, mesas and plains. Angel Fire remains prime horseback country. Extended horseback pack trips open New Mexico's backcountry, where no motorized vehicles or mountain bikes are allowed. Participate in cattle drives, trail rides, sleigh rides, horseback hunting trips, wagon rides, carriage rides, mountain campouts and cowboy evenings.

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Angel Fire Resort Stables (505) 377-3828. Custom horseback rides and trips, including panning for gold, cattle round-ups, evening dinner rides and fishing trips! For reservations, call Bob Baxter at 377-2974.

Bobcat Pass Wilderness Adventures (505) 754-6639. Between Eagle Nest & Red River. Horseback rides and other ranch activities including cowboy evenings, guided fishing trips, wagon rides, cook-out dinners with western entertainment.

Roadrunner Tours, Inc. 800-377-6416, 377-6416. Summer: horseback trail rides, wagon rides with campfire dinners, cattle round-ups, overnight rides, hay rides, dinner & breakfast rides. Also offering coach rides & wedding carriages for special occasions. Winter: Snowmobile tours, sleigh rides. On Hwy 434.

Sky Ryders Outfitters, 505-377-6302. Snowmobile tours and horseback rides from Angel Fire Stables. Dinner tours, custom tours, guided wilderness trail rides. Ask about our fully outfitted tours in the high country!

Western States Outdoors/UU Bar Ranch, Inc. 970-878-3555, 376-9315. Guided fishing tours, wagon rides, cattle drives on UU Bar Ranch.

As Spring weather melts the deep, high-mountain snowpack, the rivers of Northern New Mexico become a whitewater mecca. The famed Rio Grande, as well as the Chama and Red Rivers, all bear the Wild and Scenic River designation in some stretches because of their unspoiled beauty. During the typical May through July river-running season you can enjoy rafting, kayaking or canoeing the famed rivers surrounding Angel Fire. The Rio Grande River has many sections of varying difficulty: The Upper Taos Box, The "Razor Blade", "Race Course", "Boulder Field" and the famed Lower Taos Box, the most popular whitewater run in New Mexico.

Rio Grande River Rafting

Swimming in the Rio Grande River

...and if you didn't get wet enough rafting...

Swimming in the Rio Grande River

Far Flung Adventures 800-359-2526, 505-758-2628 fax 505-776-1443. River rafting on the Rio Grande and Rio Chama. 1/2 day, 1-day, 2-day or 3-day trips available. Also river camping trips. Based in El Prado, NM, south of Taos

Rio Grande River Tours 800-525-4966. Taking you on exciting white water rafting trips on the Rio Grande. Full or half day trips through Rio Grande Gorge box or soothing dinner floats. The time of your life!

Monte Verde Lake	Angel Fire Resort's Monte Verde Lake is stocked several times throughout the summer with trout. Equipment and bait are available at the lake. Fishing is free to members of the resort & seniors 65 + over & kids under 12. There is a charge for non-members (see fees below). Paddle boats and rowboats are also available.	KIDS LOVE THE PADDLEBOATS!
Open 7 days a week from 6am to dusk. Children 12 & under fish FREE with a paying adult. Everyone myst check-in at the Lake Office to receive fishing permit. State fishing license not needed. Bait and tackle for rent at Lake Office. Volleyball area, horseshoes, tables, and BBQ grills available. Alcohol prohibited. To find out how the fish are biting you can contact the lake personnel directly at 505-377-9971.

Olympic Park

Olympic Park Lake is a small private lake in Olympic Park. Fishing is ONLY allowed by children under 12 and Seniors over 65 who are members of Angel Fire Resort.

Fishing at Olympic Park Lake

Olympic Park also has tennis courts, basketball courts, a baseball field & a nice area for picnics. A volleyball court is usually set up in the grass. NEW FOR SUMMER 2002 Angel Fire Resort is moving the miniature golf course and the human maze out to Olympic Park! Another nice place for the family to spend an afternoon.

Soccer Practice at Olympic Park

View of Eagle Nest Lake

Eagle Nest Lake is 2,200 acre lake 9 miles from Angel Fire and boasts some of the finest trophy fishing for rainbow trout and kokanee salmon in the Southwest. Fishing is excellent in open water or through the ice for 14 inch and bigger rainbows. Eagle Nest Lake is stocked on a regular basis. Restrictions are: no alcohol, campfires, unleashed pets, dam access or camping. Improvements to be made to the north end of the lake include: 2 parking lots, 35 foot 2-lane boat ramp, grass beltway, improved shoreline access, new permanent boat dock, picnic area, permanent tiolet facilities, fish cleaning station & fishing piers.

AAA Outfitters 377-6966, 377-2999 phone/fax. Guide and Outfitter for all your hunting and fishing needs. NM Outfitter #O-00175.

Eagle Nest Marina 377-6941, 377-2799 winter, fax 377-3543. Bait & tackle sales, fishing licenses & guided trips. Pontoon boat fishing & sight seeing. Boat rentals and sales.

High Country Fishing Tours 377-6424, 377-6016. Pontoon boat fishing & sight seeing.

Sundance Flyfishing Co. 377-3213. Guiding and outfitting expeditions for flyfishing. World class drift boat, wading river and float tube lake services. Free flycasting clinics, flyshop. #4 Village Center on North Angel Fire Road.

Western States Outdoors/UU Bar Ranch, Inc. 970-878-3555, 376-9315. Guided fishing tours.