Special Recognition Awards

Daniel Gibson received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his writing and reporting on the regional snow sports scene. Over the past 30 years he has written more than 600 articles for his weekly winter column Snow Trax, dozens of articles for major magazines and for numerous online publications, including On the Snow and GoWest! He is also the author of a book on the state’s skiing and snowboarding venues, titled Skiing New Mexico: A Guide to Snowsports in the Land of Enchantment (2017, UNM Press), and is co-author with Jay Blackwood of a visual history of skiing in New Mexico titled Skiing in New Mexico (2021, from Arcadia Publishing). He lives in Santa Fe.