Overview

• Saturday's opening session shifted to a static display due to unsafe surface winds and stronger winds aloft.
• The National Weather Service issued a Saturday Wind Advisory for parts of Colfax, Union and Mora counties with gusts up to about 50 mph.
• Light winds early Sunday enabled the first mass ascension of the 2025 fiesta with balloons filling the Albuquerque sky.
• Park officials urged arrivals around 4:00 to 4:30 a.m. as traffic backed up on I-25, Tramway Boulevard and the Paseo Del Norte corridor.
• The event runs through Oct. 12 with go or no-go decisions continuing to hinge on short-term forecasts.