TAOS New Mexico....BETA.....?

[byates1]

It's a b corp. Going without water is in the mandate.

[Lvovsky]

Taos closed for the season. Kachina was dreamy with soft chalk.

[Meadow Skipper]

High speed lift to replace old #4.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CrhH65sPsAs/

[byates1]

new gondi this year as well? base to base

[Shred Baron]

I was in the area for work, and managed to sneak in a tour in Taos on my way out. I left the Williams lake TH about 7 and promptly blew directions to my objective. I wound up the next basin back by lake fork peak. Still found fun skiing. Dropped at about 10:30, and the cold breeze was keeping it frozen. I didn’t have much time to wait around.


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[Meadow Skipper]

^ Ohio Couloir.

[byates1]

[Meadow Skipper]

A new lift 4, some new tree runs, and some facility tweaking. Place is going all big time…or ‘better’ time.
Taos Ski Valley sticks to its `better, not bigger' philosophy

[byates1]

Wats up w the st b? I should prob google..

[Meadow Skipper]

Wats up w the st b? I should prob google..

They’re cranking on it. This picture I saw looked like Soviet construction, but that’s just the bones of the place.

[byates1]

Yeah that's crete-d in alright

[mystic-guru]

So I'm thinking of the future and need some insight. Parents just turned 80 and live in Santa fe. As they are older I wish to be closer to them. Rest of the siblings are east coast professionals while I work for ski resorts. Professional ski bum if you will. If I make the move in the next two years what's the housing and job/pay like in the taos area? I'm used to being homeless in ski towns so I'm ready to be disappointed. In the meantime, bring on that cold weather!

[byates1]

Taos compared to the Aspen like towns is low wage AF. That said the town is 7000, half of which or more don't ski.

I'd like to get some land at some point. I don't see tsv getting insanely crowded like pnw/front range/ slc. It's a special place. Best of luck

[byates1]

https://youtu.be/EGHxUgKa5yY

[DoYou WannaDance]

Taos is the best. Its the only place in the lower 48 USA where you feel like you are skiing in another country. Its crazy they had more skier visits in the 80s than they do now. Makes no sense whatsoever.

My late March trip was total coldsmoke blower snow like what you get in Utah. So much good hike to terrain thats worth it and never gets skied out. They are absolutely insane and out of their minds in terms of avy control though 3 inches and some wind can mean standing around until 11.

[jackstraw]

Ignorance is bliss dancy

[byates1]

Taos is the best. Not for snow though. Prob should have a wolf creek pass if skiing tsv full time.

[Shredhead]

Its crazy they had more skier visits in the 80s than they do now. Makes no sense whatsoever.

Ernie’s ban on snowboarding, lost them their legacy customers.

[skaredshtles]

<snip> Not for snow though.

This is the thing that makes Taos rough. It's feast or famine down there... good thing the food's always good.

[jackstraw]

EC'ers would never think it lacks snow. West coastas are just soft [emoji1787]

[Djongo Unchained]

Taos is the best.

Its the only place in the lower 48 USA where you feel like you are skiing in another country. Its crazy they had more skier visits in the 80s than they do now.

Makes no sense whatsoever.

They are absolutely insane and out of their minds in terms of avy control though 3 inches and some wind can mean standing around until 11.

Total annual snowfall from 2013 thru 2023:
204", 191", 174", 169",192", 78"!, 219",166", 165", 191", 222".

It makes perfect sense. You were just there on the Phat year.

Averaging 165" a season is depressing. I couldn't do it. The area is cool but, no.

[up an down]

So I'm thinking of the future and need some insight. Parents just turned 80 and live in Santa fe. As they are older I wish to be closer to them. Rest of the siblings are east coast professionals while I work for ski resorts. Professional ski bum if you will. If I make the move in the next two years what's the housing and job/pay like in the taos area? I'm used to being homeless in ski towns so I'm ready to be disappointed. In the meantime, bring on that cold weather!

I spent 6 winters there..78/79 to 83/84.. Snow total wise ,it can definitely be feast or famine ..I experienced both....but its usually in between the extremes... I lived in various places my years there...in town, in Seco and in the ski valley ..pros and cons for all locations.....if you can make it happen to spend a season there I doubt if you will regret it!!!!. I still have close friends living there that own property... Housing is tight.. Nothing is cheap.. unless you compare it to Aspen..I have not been back for a visit since 2014.... So I won't try to give you specific advice..it truly is a unique mix of ski town/arts haven/ alternative lifestyle spot...LOTS of things to do and people to meet that don't have much or anything to do with skiing.. For me that made my winters there much more interesting and enjoyable compared to the winters when I lived in Vail and Kimberly B.C...

[Meadow Skipper]

Taos is the best. It’s the only place in the lower 48 USA where you feel like you are skiing in another country. It’s crazy they had more skier visits in the 80s than they do now. Makes no sense whatsoever.

People seem drawn more to the Vail/Aspen/Jackson sort of thing, I think. And, besides the snowboard thing, TSV was getting rather worn and funky (which I liked). That, and the drought that started around 2000 has impacted the skiing a lot, like byates1 and DU pointed out.

My late March trip was total coldsmoke blower snow like what you get in Utah. So much good hike to terrain thats worth it and never gets skied out. They are absolutely insane and out of their minds in terms of avy control though 3 inches and some wind can mean standing around until 11.

Two people died in an in-bounds avy four or five years ago. They’re working hard to keep that from happening again.

[jackstraw]

The area is cool but, no.

You Sally's from the Village can't handle tight steeps anyway, hence blowing up the Alta chutes "to make it more skiable" waaaaaa!
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[DoYou WannaDance]

People seem drawn more to the Vail/Aspen/Jackson sort of thing, I think. And, besides the snowboard thing, TSV was getting rather worn and funky (which I liked). That, and the drought that started around 2000 has impacted the skiing a lot, like byates1 and DU pointed out.


Two people died in an in-bounds avy four or five years ago. They’re working hard to keep that from happening again.

I guess I mean they do get the blower utah snow not sticky icky sierra type warm pack. So kind of need more of it. Sharky hill too its like a big sky.

People die every day I don't want to disparage this but its a dangerous sport and one incident not multiple they've obviously learned from it. Instagram is flooding my feeds with morons skiing super technical lines like Big Chute at Alta with zero coverage in November and these tools act like they should be applauded for putting S+R's lives on the line. There should be a middle ground between applauding nonsensical content like that when the tool bag doesn't even ski or make turns and listening to bombs for 3 hours until 11 after 3".