![]() In 2004, Lloyd and Olive were inducted into the New Mexico Ski Hall of Fame. Lloyd and Olive retired in 1984, though Lloyd continued to teach in the ski school, run by his daughter Sue. His Sipapu School Program still offers deep discounts to local schools to bring in classes to learn to ski. Lloyd was passionate about teaching new skiers, especially kids. Ernie Blake drove over from Taos Ski Valley to translate the handbook. At one point a new lift arrived with operating instructions in German. The family, including daughter Sue and son Bruce, expanded the area steadily, building the slopeside lodging themselves. In 1952, they installed a 100-foot portable rope tow and opened for business as Sipapu, a Tewa language word for “land of paradise.” It was the first lift-served ski area in New Mexico. In 1950, with his wife Olive, he bought 13 acres of riverfront property in the Sangre de Cristo mountain, intending to live a sustainable lifestyle. He was 86 years old.īolander was born and raised in Penasco, N.M., and began skiing at age three on a wooded hillside near Taos. Lloyd Bolander, founder of New Mexico’s Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort, died on January 20, at his home in Vadito, N.M. ![]()
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