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Taos’ distance from a major city
has helped keep its intimate feel.
It doesn’t have a ritzy atmosphere
or cookie-cutter base village, and
it lacks the crowds that have made
skiing at other resorts as much
about waiting in line as schussing.
Even with new owners Blake’s
legacy is still palpable on the
mountain. Four ski trails are named
after the German officers who tried
to assassinate Hitler in July 1944.
One slope, Al’s Run, is named for a
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Jewish doctor friend of Blake’s who
supported the development of
Taos. And, of course, the mountain
is still filled with Blake family members, whom you might spot working the register at the cafeteria or
leading a ski lesson for kids. Until
Blake’s death in 1989, he was doing
some of those things himself.
So, here I was, nestled in the
middle of all this history in a lodge
named Edelweiss, the aforementioned white flower in the Alps
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sung in the Sound of Music. In
fact later, when I was on top of the
mountain looking out over the
valley, I could hear Julie Andrews
somewhere in the distance. Perhaps a little out of breath due to
the altitude. Sure this might have
been a stretch, but the thought
enthralled me.
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