Angel Fire Lunch

One of the things we find we like to do when we’re in Angel Fire is lunch at the peak of the ski mountain.  Some people like to have lunch at the top of a skyscraper…….well, I guess the skyscraper we lunch at is provided by Mother Nature!!

Angel Fire has at least one of the chairlifts that operate during the summer months.  It gives folks like us (non-skiers) a chance to enjoy the views that the skiers get in the winter, minus the snow!  And, yes, the top is a long way away!

It neat to check out the ski runs when they are covered in grass, or being used by mountain bikers.   Some of the chair lifts have been modified to allow their bikes to ride the chairlift, so to speak, so that summertime uses include the mountain bikers, as well as hikers, who ride the chairlift up and hike down the mountain.  And, then there are folks like us, who chairlift both ways!!

When we got off the chairlift, I walked over to what would be the beginning of an expert run (now fenced off, because the beginning of it is too steep even for the bikers) to take a photo of Angel Fire, a few thousand feet below.  Oh, and the piece of equipment off on the left side of the image is the bike carrier that is used to hold the bikes on the chairlift.

Isn’t this a nice lunch view?  We are looking at some of the ski runs that take off down the back side of the mountain.  I think they also do zip lining along these runs, but they weren’t zip lining when we were there.  It was just a nice, peaceful lunch spot.  We were sitting on some picnic tables on the outside of what is a snack shop when the mountain is open for skiers – a place to warm up, and get something to eat and drink.

You know the old saying – what goes up must come down!  And, so we did.  That first view when one just clears the ridge at the top of the mountain is quite breath-taking, for a number of reasons!  I’m not afraid of heights, but it even takes my breath away and gives me butterflies when we first swing out and over!

Enjoy!