As a member of the Ski Apache Ski Patrol, I require my skis to be in top condition. Orin is an…read moreexpert tuner, and their customer service is wonderful. I strongly recommend Ski West for your rental equipment and ski accessories, or giving your skis some love.

Tish and Ohren are wonderful!! Stopped here for what we thought would be a quick stop for…read morerental/buying a few supplies on our way to ski... they informed us the mountain was closed as soon as we walked in. Very helpful to not drive all the way there and be stuck in traffic! After that they were very friendly and patient as we perused and grabbed a few essentials. They were helpful and even had a cute dog... very important for the experience :) Overall, very friendly and knowledgeable about all things "ski," they really embodied that small town feel. Definitely recommend renting from here instead of on the mountain- prices are WAY cheaper and the quality of their rental skis/boots/poles were exponentially better than at Ski Apache (trust me). Be sure to call ahead if it's on a day ski Apache is open, they mentioned they do enjoy getting up on the mountain too! Thanks Tish and Ohren!! Y'all were great!

We had SO MUCH FUN!! I wish we could have gone my little times! Our 10 year old and I both loved…read moreit. The staff up top were nice and professional. Will definitely go again!

Had an amazing time riding their zipline! It was my first experience and the staff was so kind &…read moremade my experience comfortable & fun! The view over the lake as you zipline is beautiful!!!

I wish I could leave zero stars. The man was so incredibly rude. We did not know if we were at the…read morecorrect location and we didn't want to trespass on private property. We asked the man who was sitting on his porch if these were the stables and he didn't even attempt to get up from his chair. Obviously we didn't know the area. He yelled from his chair and said, "If you want to get out of your car and talk to me you can. We're not drive up service!" So needless to say we just left and didn't attempt to try and get a tour from this man. I should've known judging by other reviews and judging by their answering machine service. His entire demeanor was very rude and almost like he hates people. Maybe he just hates people that get there anytime close to 2pm? We had arrived at 1:45pm, I guess that was still too late for him. I'm still trying to understand if we did something wrong or if we were the ones being rude. I would not recommend this place if it's your first time. Seems like this man will suck the fun and life out of your first time experience.

Been there twice once on Christmas day and yes, the old man might not be the friendliest person on…read morethis earth, but he is the real deal straight up cowboy, and the hands are too. this might not be the place for you if you want someone to sugar coat things for you or paint a pretty picture for you. I will continue to take my family back to get the full experience of a horseback ride in the mountain on a snowy Christmas day! now granted we are a horse family and have horses of our own back in Texas, but we don't have the mountain like old man Runnels has. Thank you, Mr. Runnels and will go back for that Elk hunt we talked about. God bless and hope to see you soon!

Where do I start?! This place is the coolest thing ever. We arrived at 10am right at opening, so we…read moregot great parking and right to the front of the line for the Screaming Eagle Mountain Coaster. It is well worth the $25 per adult ticket. It's a blast with beautiful views. Then we got our wristbands for snow tubing. You get 3 hours of fun for $38 each adult. We did several of the chutes, but as it got warmer and warmer, they had to shut some chutes down because the snow was melting so rapidly. Then we got a snack from the food trucks, which is awesome. Plenty of picnic tables. I had the best elote style roasted corn, and I could not believe it was $5! Advice: get there early or lines get super long (it is spring break so maybe it's not always like that) And wear shoes and clothes you are willing to get dirty and wet. I wore sneakers which were definitely the wrong footwear. Muck boots would have been great. I highly recommend this for a super fun day!

Came 12/27, waited in line for 20 minutes, told to get out of the line and do a liability waiver,…read moregot in line again, apparently everyone in your party needs a waiver and you have to have them all send you PDFs, okay, stepped out of line, everyone filled out waivers, okay all filled out, got in line again, 20 minutes again, I am second in line and they say they are at capacity and shutting down the tubing tickets for 20 minutes. They said come back the next day at 8:45 am to get tickets, okay now today is 12/28, I return with all liability waivers filled out, got all the PDFs, takes 32 minutes to get tickets even though we showed up at 8:45 Go to get breakfast in town, come back at 10, come back, parking lot is at capacity, closed, their attendants only tell you to keep driving, no other instructions, basically saying better luck next time, we swing back around 10:15 now, takes 15 minutes to find a free parking space, get the kids out and ready, have to walk around this area to find the bathrooms, now it's 10:45, finally get to the penguin hill, the only person there attending is to check height, my daughter is 43 inches (with shoes on), in very broken English, the height checker says she is too tall, cannot ride, but we still go so our 2 year old can ride, it is a chaotic mess, absolutely no one is attending to this hill, kids are crashing into each other, people are slipping on ice, and falling with their infants, no help at all. Okay now it's 11:10, we have done one penguin hill, mind you we've paid $140 for four tickets, and they expire at noon (3 hours) My wife takes the 4 year old up to one of the bigger hills she can ride on, it is now 11:57, they were in line for 47 minutes and still haven't come down, my ticket is expiring in three minutes and i did not have a chance to hop on a hill, in total we were able to ride two rides, there are no refunds. This place is so poorly managed, I would not come back here again.

We had so much fun riding the mountain coaster and doing the zip line. The tubing was fun but not…read moreour favorite. Will definitely go back

We visited during the summer and got the $50 unlimited rides deal, which was a great value for the…read morekids. Our favorite attraction was definitely the Mountain Coaster! The ride to the top has incredible views, and once you reach the top, you control your own speed on the way down. Two people can ride together as long as the combined weight is under 300 lbs. My kids also enjoyed the zip line (it's pretty short) and had the most fun tubing. The downside was the long wait--the lines were so busy that they only got about four runs in during their hour. The biggest downside was the parking. The baseball fields share the same parking lot, and since games were going on, there was almost no parking available. We arrived around 10:50 a.m. and had to leave and come back around 3 p.m. to find a spot. Also, be extra careful walking through the parking lot because there are lots of cars moving around, and some drivers are focused on the games instead of pedestrians. One tip: fill out the waiver before you arrive--it speeds things up. The $50 special couldn't be purchased online, so buying tickets took a while. Also, be prepared for expensive food. Overall, we had a fun day, especially because of the Mountain Coaster and tubing. I would definitely come back--but probably during the winter when there aren't baseball games taking over the parking lot! I think the experience would be even better then.

*BEWARE!!!!!! The GM…read moreKen Marlatt is letting this once great mountain with so much potential rot away. It seems he only wants to make money ripping off unsuspecting tourists and making it unaffordable for locals and even lots of tourist. Ski Apache price increase is unfair for the product they offer. I asked on social media a few times (Facebook) why the increase only to be blocked from viewing the page entirely. Seems very unfair/shady of them to do this for asking a simple question. I've never seen any other ski resorts block customers for asking questions like "why the price increase of $60-105 this season." *Some things for people to know before going* -Prices have gone up almost 100% up to $195 for peak days. It's $150-160 non peak days. Today Thursday 2/12/26 is $195 but last season this same Thursday before Presidents' Day was $90. -Thursday's are now considered weekend day pricing and no weekday pricing is options are available anymore. -Since 2020 they stopped operating Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (besides Christmas and Spring break week) which is greatly hurting all the local ski shops. If you can rent from the local shops and help them out they awesome staffing that care about you having a good day. -With this increase you would expect on mountain improvements but nothing has happened besides the "snow factory" machine that only makes snow for a small section of easy street. They also think they can use tarps like RUKA and LEVI in Finland do to solve the lack of snow/warm wet build temps when they can't make snow but don't have anywhere near the same snowmaking capacity like those resorts have. -Snowmaking from the summit/gondola including midway lift 2 is Inoperative and no plans to fix it for future lean snow years. They also haven't made snow off Capitan quad (chair 4) the last couple seasons so it seems that area is headed toward being INOP too. Basically snowmaking is limited to chair 3&5 only (the small beginner chairlifts) this is where they put the expensive operating Snow factory machine. -I'll also add Elk Ridge quad (chair 8) terrain has no snowmaking anymore but the whole area has been abandoned for over a decade including the Elk lodge with also no plans to reopen or fix the area. -Chairlifts don't seem to be properly maintained like seat cushion that are ripped on most chairs outside of 3&5 especially on Chair 2. -They are always short staff and GM Ken Marlatt stopped/wont allow an employee bus to operate to save money so less staff is showing up making operations a nightmare and chairlifts not being able to operate regularly. -staffing issues go into the lodge also like no bartenders sometimes (no bartender on 2/7/26) and bathrooms have most stall broken. Usually only 2-3 work out of 7. -The other bathrooms at the top of chair 6 Apache bowl and Moonshine Burger& Bar restrooms have been abandoned and are covered in rat droppings. -Under GM Ken Marlatt leadership staff doesn't seem safely properly trained especially with children on chairlifts (unfortunately a child lost their life this season Jan2026 due to this). -MTB trails haven't been raked/maintained since 2020 and just to ride the gondola for sightseeing cost $65. -Zero Terrain park features. No rails/boxes since 2019 and no jumps since 2020. The mountain is so beautiful and has so much potential. It's a shame to see what has now become of it since GM Ken Marlatt took over. They should look into someone else to run it before it's too late. MCP with James Coleman might make a good option. I'd recommend Cloudcroft, Sandia, Angel fire, Ski Santa Fe, Taos, Pajarito Mountain or Sipipu as other more reliable and safer options for NM skiing. If you would love to enjoy a Native American run ski area I would recommend looking in Sunrise Park Resort operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe in Eastern Arizona. They have been making improvements to the mountain while offering fair lift ticket prices ranging from $25-$99. They will listen to any complaint especially on social media and try the best they can to improve on that. Maybe Ski Apache can learn from them instead of deleting/blocking anyone that criticizes their operations on social media. I've attached a photo of the bathroom at Moonshine Bar with RAT DROPPINGS! from this season 25/26. Apparently the bathroom at the top of Apache Bowl is a lot worse. This shows you what has become of the mountain under GM Ken Marlatt's leadership. Unfortunately due all this and now being blocked on social media (never seen a ski area block people on social media for asking why lift ticket prices increased dramatically this year) I won't spend any more money here and I'm a avid loyal skier here. I wish the best for them and hope they listen to this review as I would love to ski at SKI Apache and see it become the great mountain it use to be. Unfortunately it's just getting worse every year with GM Ken Marlatt's leadership.

This was my first time skiing & I honestly had so much fun here! There's levels for starters and…read moremore advance levels but I stayed in the beginners hehe. It's super cold here but with thermal wear it was much better ! The view going up was beautiful! I don't know how to add videos here but it was breathtaking! It takes a little bit of time going up but it's worth it! The place had clean restrooms and a restaurant at the top of you get hungry but you can also bring your own food and kind of picnic at the tables there instead of buying food. The skiing was so fun here & I recommend it

We had so much fun at Wibit. It is great to see people of all ages playing together. We went early…read morein the day on a weekday, and I highly recommended this strategy. Some structures are challenging to climb, especially with the life jackets, but the challenge makes it even more fun. And even some little kids were having a good time. When one area began to deflate, they quickly fixed it. After about two hours, we were all exhausted in a great way. By the time we left, it was getting busier. I think we had a five star experience, but if you plan to go at a busier time, be careful with the littler kids and have some patience. Fun experience in a gorgeous setting.

We accidentally found out about this beautiful little gem in the middle of Ruidosa yesterday. The…read moreArea around it is beautiful and really relaxing for parents to sit down to the side and have a lemonade and relax while their children wear themselves out. The waterpark like an obstacle course with a trampoline, pyramid, launching pad, and so much more. The cost is $20 which I thought was fair there's no other activity around it like it, paid lifeguard available and endless time to play. The manager (owner?) was named Coach and was beyond kind and sweet. You can tell he likes working with kids and a good first time employer for teenagers. When we found out that we only have 45 minutes to play (like I said, we found out about this place by accident) AND that it was my son's birthday, he let him go in for free for the last 40 minutes! What a nice guy and amazing customer service !!

What a beautiful public course! Nestled in the Sacramento Mountain range of Ruidoso... couldn't…read moreget enough of the vista. The Pro Shop staffer was friendly and helpful. The cost for the round was reasonable when you consider the location. The selection in the pro shop was a bit sparse and we were told it was because they were switching out for the seasonal items. Enjoyed the course... no bad shots!

After playing another local course and having a bad experience, I played this one on the 4 PM…read moretwilight. Overall had a great experience. Tee boxes and fairways in good shape. Greens looked nice, but a little bumpy and soft and definitely the "volcano" that forms around the hole at the end of the day. Pace of play was a little frustrating, due mainly to one of those horrible foresomes that don't care about anyone else: I skipped hole 8 and never dealt with them again. Carts in at 7 wouldn't have been an issue except for the slower play, but arranged to have wife return cart and walked last three holes. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.