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

[byates1]

insane for tsv. was going to leave then this chick showed up. ended up skiing a bunch of shit. was good. but crowds. chick fucking rips. skiing tomorrow. fuvk it.

[Huskier]

Bad scene up there. Got 5th-ish chair. Al’s, Etches, waited for 2, skied West Blitz, left at noon. See ya Monday


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Mrs. and I just rolled into town, fingers crossed for tomorrow looks brutal. Teal/Tan/Teal w Purple grass sticks. Say hey

[jables]

3 feet wed Thur next week in the fcast wolf creek. Damn.

Just got go town this week. Skied with the groms yesterday 1p-4p was great. Skipped today for the "crowd". Pumped for next week, hope my legs and patience (for the kids) can keep up.

[byates1]

Apparently still nuking up thar. Another zoo on tap for tomorrow. Patrol getting crushed w heavy snow wind etc.

[BeefSupreme]

Front range fuck factory today, snow was very nice once you made it up though.

[raisingarizona13]

insane for tsv. was going to leave then this chick showed up. ended up skiing a bunch of shit. was good. but crowds. chick fucking rips. skiing tomorrow. fuvk it.

Sad.

I don't like powder skiing so much anymore, it ruins places. That and those mega passes. F it, I'm moving to a desert town to build a biking destination. Skiing is mostly done for me.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Sad.

I don't like powder skiing so much anymore, it ruins places. That and those mega passes. F it, I'm moving to a desert town to build a biking destination. Skiing is mostly done for me.

Don’t despair, there are still uncrowded gems out there. I was talking about this with a friend the other day. People are like lemmings, they respond to the hype on ski area conditions reports and social media. The best days are rarely the ones with a foot of fresh and sunshine. It’s the storm days before the “pow day” and the sleeper days with a few inches of new snow that are the best for me. Skiing midweek is key, I rarely experience lift lines midweek even on days with 6+” of new.


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[byates1]

^ yep. I will never again ski a weekend like this one. Ever. If no new snow and no storm Sunday for a few hrs is fine.

I should have rested. First run today my legs were so weak from 7 days. I was not skiing well. Out.

This week should be a normal one.

[Huskier]

Great mountain but holy shit there sure were a lot of Denver people. And Wisconsin. And South Carolina. And Maine?? Part of the problem, fully acknowledge, but bummed I didn't get to experience the good times.

[byates1]

You'll have a way better couple days tomorrow and Tuesday.

[Shredhead]

F it, I'm moving to a desert town to build a biking destination. Skiing is mostly done for me.

The nice thing about biking, you don’t have to wait for the lifts to run.

I get up insanely early, got a bike ride in and still caught 5th chair on a pretty dam good powder day.

[Jeb McHardman]

This week should be good. The crowds will be mostly gone, we've got more snow incoming, and there are still good turns to be had if you poke around.

But yeah, this weekend was a dumpster fire. This mountain is not equipped to handle 3500+ skiers/day, especially when a good portion of those skiers don't know the mountain and bring the same expectations and attitudes they would to a Summit County resort.

[BFD]

taos is only 1300 acres. Thats a lot of skiers in a small area when the mountain is not entirely open. Wolf creek was busy Saturday. Alberta had about a 4 chair wait and the boot pack to the ridge was ass to mouth for about an hour. Than it cleared out. I guess all the new AT skis and boots went back to the lodge to eat $12 burgers and talk about how great their line was. Was coming over the pass today so stopped in to ski Alberta peak and enjoy the view. Managed a pretty clean line down about 2:30

[whipski]

yup weekends are for housekeeping, laundry, oil changing and so on. also hitting backcountry stashes. yesterday was the best untracked of the season for quality about 20". the resort was a zoo.

[byates1]

You either win or you learn. I win a lot having winters off, but this past weekend I learned.

[byates1]

120mph wind on kachina, lightening. Yeah calling a rest day today.

[pfluffenmeister]

Woah.

[byates1]

Cream pow on the hill. Got the hill open reasonably fast. We are in shape now. Skiing is rad. Taos is rad.

[byates1]

been skiing w this chick i call bougie. she rips. flys down the mtn.

[byates1]

basically 5 feet this week. big week.

[Full Trucker]

basically 5 feet this week. big week.

I'm disappoint myself.


Too much work and too many people visiting me to sneak away. Hopefully the snow keeps up, might be able to sneak down there in March.

[rudy]

Too many people visiting me to sneak away.

Tough being popular

[the_flying_v]

Gettings are good lately


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[byates1]

[skaredshtles]

Coverage a Taos is really quite fantastic. And pretty much deserted all weekend.

Even the southeast facing steeps (Sir Arnold Lunn, Lorelei Trees) were in great shape.

¡Viva el Niño!