Local Freshies Author: dgibson

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Raised in the North Valley of Albuquerque, not far from the cool chocolate waters of the Rio Grande, Daniel has his feet sunk deep in the mud of New Mexico. Growing up like a tumbleweed—wild and free—his family often headed out on day-long picnics, to their cabin on a remote creek for fishing and meals cooked over a wood stove, or on ski outings.
Thus the seeds of an attraction to nature and the outdoors were planted long ago.

This was further accentuated when he attended the National Outdoor Leadership School in the Wind River Range of Wyoming at age 15, and fully developed during a 16-month crossing of the Pacific Ocean on a sailboat spanning his entire 17th year on Earth.

Wanting to share his love of the natural real, from deserts to alpine peaks—and his fascination with the world’s colorful and deeply-rooted cultures—led him to a career as a journalist and book author, a profession he’s successfully pursued for some 40 years.

In 2022, he became the first journalist to be inducted into the New Mexico Ski Hall of Fame. This was based on 30 years of writing a weekly snowsports column called Snow Trax focused on New Mexico and southern Colorado, hundreds of articles for magazines and websites, and two books: Skiing New Mexico: A Guide to Snowsports in the Land of Enchantment (UNM Press, 2017) and Images of America: Skiing in New Mexico (Arcadia Publishing, 2022). The latter includes more than 165 photos, including many going back to the earliest days of skiing in the state, one dated 1896 of a woman in a long dress on 10-foot planks, and one dated to 1900 that might be the oldest image of an American Indian on skis.

He is thrilled to now be reporting on the region’s snowsports scene, and life in general, among its remarkable mountain towns, events and people for Local Freshies.

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