I wouldn't be shocked if management pushed for this opening, particularly since the first day they spun the Kachina Lift was when they were hosting the Mountain Collective (post on both Taos and...

If you mean Abe's, then it is still around. Not sure if the proprietor is the same or not though.

And the advice here is right. Taos would fit the bill perfectly for what you want as long as...

Snow was nice last weekend. I was volunteering for the FWT, so I didn't get to make too many turns but from the people I talked to, the new snow was killer, but the top of Kachina was starting to...

Wrong forum JONG. Try again in gear swap and you might get something helpful.

I heard about this earlier and immediately started worrying because of some acquaintances up there that it could easily have been. I was a little to relieved to hear it wasn't any of them, but it is...

I make an effort to make a nice speed check every time I see a snowboarder sitting in the middle of a run. If it is because they just fell I will let them be, but if they feel the urge to not bother...

Free skis? I'm always in for free.

To me it seems the resorts with the best terrain get tracked out the fastest. I will sometimes head to a little tiny resort in my part of the world because certain parts don't get tracked out right...

I know nothing about it, but I would guess that posting on the internet would be a bad idea if they might be trying to fly under the radar.

From what I can remember, Andre took first with his huge backflip, Oliver took second, and North got third. In women's, Tracy Lopez took first, don't remember second, and Andrea took third. Richie...

Was out there today and Andre Bertoncin absolutely killed it with the biggest backflip I have ever seen outside of a video. I'm betting he'll be stepping up in the finals, along with the sick bird. ...

$83 ticket x 13 days left x 20 competitors = $21,580. Prize would only be 3.5 grand.

I don't know about you, but I'd be pretty pissed about having to drop another grand out of pocket for day passes just because my season pass got pulled.

It's gonna go off this weekend. On top of the loading, another 14 inches in the past 24. Up to 32 for the past 3 days. People are gonna be going big. Can't wait.

The base in West Basin (days 1 and 2) will vary quite a bit, just depends on how much has slid off of what when. Haven't been up West Basin recently enough to really say though. Over on Kachina,...

It's looking like those of you competing at the Taos Freeride are going to have some killer conditions. 10 inches fresh overnight, still coming down, more predicted for the rest of the week, and...

It's always terrible to see one of the greats go. Especially after going through all that CR already had. We are fragile beings, and the mountain is unforgiving. Stay safe everyone.

Vibes.

No bueno.

At least he happened to hit the one spot with snow on it for that last bounce. Could have been a lot worse if that drop had been directly to rock.

Which would be?

A lot of good Mexican food to be had in Burque, but I have to say my favorite is a little hole in the wall run by a family from Mexico called Beto's Cocina on Juan Tabo. Used to...

Whatever makes me look the most core in the grocery store.

I personally kinda like not having a lift to the top. The best stashes on the mountain stay good because they take a little work to get to. Once there's a lift up Kachina, these will be a lot...

Definitely interesting to the engineering geek in me. Pretty straight forward process. I know you said you misses a lot of the process, but is there any custom molding at any point where they...

I guess there is something about doing spins under a lift. There is a guy at Taos pretty regularly who only ski's Al's under lift 1 and does a 360 while balancing on top of each mogul, arms out to...

Yeah, the ridge runs that are open are definitely a bit thin. I was up there a week or two ago and was being lazy, but a few people I know said that the area around two bucks was pretty nice if you...

R.I.P. and vibes to the family. Same to those on the scene. Has to be hard on the mind to come across that. It hits harder when I think that I would have been up there if I hadn't have had...

If you're planning on landing on flat and hoping the powder will cushion you, then the greater surface area will stop you faster making it a bit rougher. Enough to be the difference between injury...

True, but that is not the purpose of it. Anything burning is going to put out a lot of heat pretty quickly. The purpose of the ceramic pots with air in between is to collect and store the heat,...

I mostly lurk and generally see the trolls poking general fun at everyone, but this is taking it too far. I hope karma bitch slaps each and every one of you. Nothing wrong with a bit of trolling,...

Mountainbuzz.com did definitely have some good looking boats, but it will be a couple weeks before I could make it to pick up most of the boats, and by then it seems to me like Paddlefest might be a...

BTW, thanks for all the help/info everyone. That is actually kinda how I came into knowledge of the Space Cadet. My brother is going to be guiding rafts for the first time this year, and this was a...

cmsummit, where should I be looking for a deal like that other than craigslist and local shops? Being that I have no clue on kayak fits, I would want to sit in it and take a look at the boat before...

I don't have a solid price yet, but no more than $350 for the boat and a paddle. My brother knows that guy that is selling it though, and is pretty sure that he would drop the price for me. The...

I have not had a chance to actually try out the boat yet, but I had planned on making sure that the fit felt good before I buy it. I was more concerned about whether the boat would be something that...

Heading up to Taos next week myself (for some rafting). Unfortunately I still just lurk on here and don't have any AT gear yet. May have to find something to boot up to if I have an extra day to...

I am brand new to kayaking and am looking at getting a boat to start out. I weigh about 200lbs (hoping to drop a few though) and am 6'1". I plan on doing a bit of river running and getting into...

Who doesn't love Zombie Jesus Day?

Yeah, the only people on snow with any sense ride the big lines. Nothing else is worth it. What's the point in going out to ride if you aren't either waist deep, over 50 degree pitch, or going off...

I wouldn't mind having a pair of katanas...

I know a guy who does a good amount of touring on 130 and 120cm boards. They're made by a company that considers them to be "longboard skiboards". Basically short wide boards with a tight turning...

Quit complaining about the results not being up yet. Think about how hard the people in charge of the competition have been working this past week. They were up on the mountain before the riders,...

The qualifiers don't actually start until tomorrow. Today was just the informational meeting. Even once qualifiers start, I doubt they will have the status of the riders on the website. Things run...

From what I have been told, Kachina day 2 as well. I suspect the West Basin was getting too ugly.

Worst of all, it is looking like any chance of fresh snow is going to start right as the freeride ends. We'll all be hoping for the best, but optimism has never been my strong point. Comeon Ullr,...

Quite a bit. I haven't been up there in 3 weeks, but my brother lives up there and is saying that everything is starting to get pretty ugly, between the warm/sunny days, the wind scouring, and the...

For everyone heading to the Taos Freeride comp, you better start making some serious sacrifices to appease Ullr. From what I hear from the locals, the snow is quickly turning pretty craptacular. ...

Don't know if you were just having problems watching it or if it was replaced, but it seems to be working fine now.

Who's gonna pass up the chance for some free planks.

You're doing it all wrong. Only the nozzle goes in, not the whole bag.

If you were too high to type then you wouldn't have been able to grace us with your oh so useful insight. Care to take another stab at a better insult? I'm sure you can come up with something more...

Ignoring air resistance, you'd hit the ground at 75ft/s (~50mph) off of a 90 foot cliff, and being that we are at less than half the terminal velocity of a human, it should be a reasonable estimate. ...