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$2.495
Camino Rancheros
Four bedrooms, four bathroomsA 3,789-square-foot home, de-
signed by Santa Fe artist
Douglas Atwill, is a mixture of
Pueblo and Territorial styles.
Located on 1.11 acres near the
city’s Museum Hill district, it
has three garden areas, a koi
pond, a guesthouse, a pool with
a cabana and a two-car garage.
Agent: Brian Blount, of Keller
Williams$4.25 million
Chippewa Circle
Five bedroom, six bathroomIn the gated golf community
of Las Campanas, this 8,072-
square-foot, one-level house
on 3.5 acres comes with an
outdoor grand portal, fireplace
and grilling area, heated
swimming pool and spa.
About 10 miles to the heart
of downtown Santa Fe.
Agent: Darlene Streit, So-
theby’s International RealtyMANSION | MOUNTAIN & SKI HOMES ISSUE
$1.1 million
3,500-square-foot, three-bedroomBart Lally, formerly of Palo Alto, Calif., with his sons, Connor, 8, and
Parker, 5. The physician assistant is renting while house-hunting.Deena and Steve Koundouriotis
bought a home close to slopes and
downtown. Interior details include
a stone wall shaped like a cistern.$2.75 million
Brownell Howland
Five bedrooms, six bathroomsThis 7,900-square-foot, con-
temporary pueblo-style prop-
erty is on 5 acres in a gated
community. It features two
kitchens and two living
rooms, along with two master
bedrooms—both on the sec-
ond floor.
Agent: Neil Lyon, Sotheby’s
International Realty$2,500a month rent
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with my job, but I wanted a ski
base,” he says.
Locals say Ski Santa Fe almost
never has lift lines (except during
holidays), the roads don’t require
chains and parking is easy. Season
passes go for about $500 and are
less than $100 for those 72 years
old or older or under 46 inches tall.
Many partake in what is called
“earn your turns.” They hike up the
mountain to get in a couple runs
before the chairlifts open at 10 a.m.
Kids ski there as part of their phys-
ical-education classes at school.
“I’ve done business on the ski
lift,” says Monica McLin, a real-es-
tate broker with Keller Williams in
Santa Fe, who takes clients skiing.
Rentals at ski shops in down-
town Santa Fe are up: about 30%
over the past two years at Alpine
Sports, says Lauren Haupt, who
works there as a boot fitter. She is
seeing more skiers from California
and New York, along with the usual
contingent of Texans. A bus goes
year round between downtown and
Ski Santa Fe for $5 one-way.
Matt McDaniel, who owns Sal-
tary Outdoor, says visitors tell him
they like Santa Fe’s culture and his-
tory. “There’s a feeling of authen-
ticity here,” he says. “It is not ho-
mogenized.”
When Jeremy Jones was work-
ing as an attorney in San Fran-
cisco, the closest skiing was three
hours away in Lake Tahoe—an ex-
hausting drive, he says. Looking for
a change in work and life, he re-
membered going to Ski Santa Fe as
a kid growing up in Kansas City.
He bought his first house in
Santa Fe for $345,000 in 2005,
which he now rents for $2,000 a
month. Two years ago, he bought
a two-bedroom, 2,150-square-foot
newer home closer to the moun-
tains for $440,000. He takes
friends skiing when they visit.
Most people don’t think of
Santa Fe as a ski town, he says.
“It’s kind of a hidden secret.”PETER GREENWOOD (ILLUSTRATION)