What's on in Taos, United States through the year

Busy — Winter / Christmas break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Ski season (26 Nov – 5 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Closure

  Taos Pueblo quiet time

  15 Feb – 10 Apr · usually

  The pueblo closes to visitors for roughly ten weeks in late winter for ceremonies, with no set reopening date announced far ahead. Check before building a trip around seeing it. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season (26 Nov – 5 Apr (usually))

Busy — Spring break in United States

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Taos Pueblo quiet time (15 Feb – 10 Apr (usually)), Ski season (26 Nov – 5 Apr (usually))

Busy — one of its best months for weather

• Season

  Rio Grande runoff season

  20 Apr – 30 Jun · usuallyHigh water

  Snowmelt turns the Racecourse and the Taos Box into the big water of the year for about six weeks from late April. By August the same river is a float trip. Source ↗

Still on: Taos Pueblo quiet time (15 Feb – 10 Apr (usually)), Ski season (26 Nov – 5 Apr (usually))

Busy — one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Rio Grande runoff season (20 Apr – 30 Jun (usually))

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Rio Grande runoff season (20 Apr – 30 Jun (usually))

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Monsoon storms

  1 Jul – 10 SepRisk

  Afternoon storms build over the Sangre de Cristos most days in July and August, brief and hard, with the cleanest light of the year behind them. Mornings are the reliable half.

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Monsoon storms (1 Jul – 10 Sep)

Peak crowds — San Geronimo feast day, Summer break in United States

• Nature

  Aspens turning

  22 Sep – 12 Oct · usuallyAutumn colour

  The Enchanted Circle road over Bobcat Pass and the ski valley road turn gold in the last week of September, a fortnight before the cottonwoods along the Rio Grande do.

• Festival

  San Geronimo feast day

  29–30 SepMajor festivalCrowded

  The pueblo's feast day at the end of September, with a trade fair, foot races and a pole climb. It is a religious day held in a thousand-year-old village, and the photography rules are strict. Source ↗

Still on: Monsoon storms (1 Jul – 10 Sep)

Busy — one of its best months for weather

• Festival

  Taos Wool Festival

  2–6 Oct · usuallyMajor festival

  A weekend in Kit Carson Park at the start of October for fleece, spinning and churro sheep, which sounds niche until you see the queue for the raw wool tables. Source ↗

Still on: Aspens turning (22 Sep – 12 Oct (usually))

Busy — Thanksgiving break in United States

• Season

  Ski season

  26 Nov – 5 Apr · usually

  Taos Ski Valley opens around Thanksgiving and runs to early April, steep enough that it refused snowboarders until 2008. Kachina Peak needs a settled base and a hike, and opens when it opens. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Taos Pueblo Christmas, Winter / Christmas break in United States

• Festival

  Taos Pueblo Christmas

  24–25 DecChristmas & New YearCrowded

  Bonfires of stacked cedar light the plaza on Christmas Eve for the procession of the Virgin, and the deer dance follows on Christmas morning. No cameras, no phones, and it is very cold. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season (26 Nov – 5 Apr (usually))