As brown trout move toward spawn, fall fishing heats up on the Red River, with reports rating rainbows very good and low, clear flows near 34 cfs rewarding stealthy anglers.

The countdown is on: Red River Ski & Summer Area's early pass pricing ends October 13, with Platinum adult passes rising from $589 to $679 before the November 26 opening.

WorldAtlas named Red River among New Mexico's best small towns for fall, praising its 8,750-foot aspens that turn early in September and hold their gold into October.

Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski Area on Bobcat Pass will sit out the 2026-27 winter after 40 years, undone by a string of poor snow seasons and its worst winter ever.

Drew Judycki arrived at Red River as a teenage ski bum in the 1960s, worked ski patrol and instruction, and climbed every rung over 40 years until he owned the whole mountain.

The fall's biggest weekend brings Red River Oktoberfest to Brandenburg Park October 9-11, with craft beer, contests, strongman events, and sunny highs in the low 60s.

In lawless 1870 Elizabethtown, gunman Clay Allison led a mob that hanged suspected murderer Charles Kennedy, in a frontier justice tale shadowed by Baldy Mountain.

Frosty 31-degree mornings and sunny afternoons near 67 define this October week, as Enchanted Forest sits out the ski season and Red River Ski Area preps for opening.

Mining-era Red River remembers Rebecca 'Aunt Becky' Coffelt for her magazine-papered cabin walls and a famous flower garden of towering delphiniums, columbine, and poppies.

Wednesday's spotlight pours at Red River Brewing Company & Distillery, the town's first and only brewery and distillery, serving craft beers and spirits at 217 West Main.

Prospectors following placer gold uphill found the Aztec lode on Baldy Mountain in 1868, and the mine produced an estimated $1.25 to $1.5 million in gold in its first years.