Sit down in an oversized inner-tube, lean back, slide downhill and try not to hit anything. In Santa Fe about halfway up the road to the ski area is Hyde Memorial State Park where you can go sledding or tubing. A ski shop on the grounds rents equipment. Taos Ski Valley is similar. Purchase a lift ticket for the lower mountain in the late afternoon and the tube comes with it.
Red River has a free tube and sled hill with equipment rentals available.
In southern New Mexico, the Ruidoso Winter Park, on the road to Ski Apache, is a fun place to sled or tube. There are equipment rentals on the premises. Tubing is very popular in Cloudcroft, a small town near Ruidoso. Several local shops rent tubes and can direct visitors to the best hills. Snowmobiling Snowmobiling is a chance to discover remote mountain areas that are otherwise inaccessible in the winter.