Angel Fire is located in the majestic Moreno Valley in Colfax County, New Mexico, 23 miles east of Taos via US Hwy 64 and 152 miles northeast of Albuquerque. The Moreno Valley is a 15 mile long, 3 mile wide, high alpine valley with an 8,382′ base elevation. Surrounding mountains range from 11,086′ Agua Fria Peak on the south end of the valley to 12,441′ Baldy Peak at the north end of the valley. W
heeler Peak at 13,161′, the highest mountain in the state forms the northwest boundary of the valley. Angel Fire is a resort community located approximately 152 miles northeast of Albuquerque, 90 miles northeast of Santa Fe, 60 miles north of Las Vegas, 25 miles east of Taos, and approximately 80 miles west of Raton. The village of Angel Fire was incorporated in 1986. We are the 99th incorporated municipality in the state of New Mexico. There are over 7,000 residential lots and commercial tracts with over 6,000 property owners with more than 1,100 residential, commercial and multifamily structures representing almost 6,000 pillows. Of the 6,000 property owners, the majority are part-time residents and their homes and condos are either rented out through any one of our property management companies, or used by friends and family. Angel Fire consists of a ski area with over 30 miles of trails, an 18 hole golf course, 6 tennis courts, a stocked fishing lake, stables, hiking trails, an RV park and a park with ball field and playground, and marked snowmobile trails. Over the past six years, there has been a steady increase in the skier days and rounds of golf. The 2000-01 ski season total was 165,000 skier days; rounds of golf for 2000-01 was 28,000. Although the Village of Angel Fire has a year round population of only 1,048 residents, on any given holiday, there can be as many as 10,000 guests in the resort. During the entire year, there could be as many as 2500 guests in our town on any given day during peak seasons. Although we are a year round resort, the slower months are October and April.
