I absolutely love this place, and always have. I have been going since I was a kid in the early 70's. back then we went pretty much every year, late summer to go trout fishing. Although I do not go every year anymore as an adult, I have been back several times in the last 10 years, usually to fish for a week with my Dad, 2 older brothers, and my brother in law, and i am planning a trip with my own family this summer. I cannot speak to how this place is in the winter, as I have never been during the winter. I have never ever had a bad time here, it has always been extremely quiet, simplistic, and enjoyable. Everyone complaining about the rooms should look elsewhere, this place is not all about the rooms. If you are more concerned about the rooms, then you are completely missing what is so alluring about this place. I go precisely because there are no phones, no cell service, no tv's etc..I have literally stayed in every cabin and apartment they have, I have never stayed in the "hotel", because frankly, thats what I want to get away from. Now, over the years I have learned that there are better times to go there than others, they do host things like motorcycle rallies, and events such as that, so if you want quiet, you have to plan a time that there is nothing going on. The trip to Taos is short and is a gorgeous drive as well..

Dont let a bad review discourage you from visiting. LOVE this place!

We visited Sipapu last March and had a great time. Most of our family members had never been skiing and we enjoyed the low-key atmosphere and uncrowded slopes. A good portion of the slopes depend on man-made snow in March, so the last two days we were there, the sun was out and melted the snow a little causing it to become more packed than powdery. Our son signed up for group snowboarding lessons and really liked it. The second day, he was the only participant so he basically received a private half-day lesson! We stayed offsite so I cannot review their lodging facilities. I completely agree with other reviewers in that if you are pretentious about your skiing environment, then this is not the place for you. It is small, quaint and an overall nice place to visit.

Very good location for ski. This resort is just front of ski area. But, condition of rooms was not very good. Some of rooms have a kitchen, so if you want to cook some, ask them for a suit.

Sipapu was a great find for us. Has everything we needed. Grounds kept very clean, lodge well equiped. Stayed in hotel room. Two comfortable queen beds, oversized bathroom. Good for disabled. Looking forward to staying in one of the cabins or apts. Will be booking often now that we have found this quite, beautiful place.