Mid April. They're hosting some WC ski race thingy that weekend, otherwise they'd close a week earlier, per the above post.
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Mid April. They're hosting some WC ski race thingy that weekend, otherwise they'd close a week earlier, per the above post.
^ I hadn’t heard that.
April 12th.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Thank you, I appreciate the detail. You ever get to SoVT I’ve got some glades at Magic to show you.Quote:
Originally Posted by jrredho
As for the other comments, I have no plans to hike Katchina since there is a lift, and if the lift isn’t running, I’ll assume avalanche danger and go elsewhere.....
As for green chili, my brother has lived there long enough and visited enough to know what we should eat.
Well, I'm no Taos local (har har), but, if you want some pow on Kachina first day after a storm, you're going to have to hike for it. Last two times I've been there, that was the deal, it seemed.
"You're not from around here, are you, son?"Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
g1.. I typo like mad..fucking eye is blurry from an abscess near my eye...man that CHILI was nasty in new mexicoQuote:
Originally Posted by Soups
Chow cart!
There's that, for sure. It's pretty much a full day trip back and forth from major markets in the east. Real pain to get to.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
But beds are a problem, too. There's no room up in that tight canyon to accommodate many more beds for the common man. They had to literally shoehorn that Blake hotel in there, and it's like, what, 3-400 a night? Otherwise, a long slog from places in town.
I think everyone who'd serious about skiing should stay at the St. Bernard at least a few nights and go for the whole package. Hell, go for a ski week there. I know, I know, I can't afford it either, but I'm happy I did. That place reeks of history and culture, and it's probably doomed to be something like the Blake when the owners die, so, get it while you can. Trust me, you'll remember your stay there long after you've forgotten all the other places you've slept at ski hills. Great people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
You're absolutely right, this is the deal. But, if the chair is running, the ridge line---even the Hillary Step---gets bumped out with skiers on the way downhill to K1 and K2. You do not want to hike it if that chair is running.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
cheers,
john
I thought so. It's some sort of unwritten policy that hikers still get the fresh before the chair runs, right?
I don't know the formal policy, but I've never seen them open the chair without opening it to hiking first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Oh, and I also agree with you on the St B. Another thing: They have the best draft beer selection in the Ski Valley; no dirndls, though. :)
cheers,
john
Forecast calling for 10+ today and tomorrow. I may drive down tonight. Anyone else contemplating this opportunity?
I’ll likely be Ther Monday.
Any cheap hotel recommendations in the area for a quick trip? Considering...
The classic: https://www.snowmansion.com/Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
Caveat: I’ve never stayed there, but others here have.
I stayed at the Kachina Lodge in town once. About what you’d expect for $60/night but had a killer breakfast too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
The Historic Taos Inn has a four night for the price of three again this winter. Not cheap, but pretty damn fair. Great bar, always a band, walkable to anywhere on the main drag. Good food.
I'll be there all day both Monday and Tuesday. Most likely, one can find me either at that little coffee joint in the base area or that doughnut place going "nom, nom, nom" on those powdered thingys.
Rallied down for the weekend ikon invasion.
Love that mountain. Love for the most part the improvements and changes since i was last there in 2004ish.
Storm fizzled a bit but 5” was just enough to ski quite good untracked. Our crew got first tracks down longhorn!
Got my frito pie fix too.
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So I take you to mean that you and your crew were not among the unlucky souls who got stuck on Chair 1 for an hour on Sunday?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kinnikinnick
Driving down tomorrow. First time skiing there. Stoked for the skiing, not so much the drive time.
A good day skiing with skaredshtles and his buddy who, it turned out, I’d met 20 years ago at Silverton. Lots of fresh and scraps in the stashes.
I didn’t go by the donut place.
did they put a chairlift up to the top ridgeline since I was there???? That's f'kn weak if they did.. no need for gapers up thereQuote:
Originally Posted by jrredho
Here's my Taos story (from March last year, on a road trip from coast to coast):
After a fun, uncrowded powder day in Wolf Creek I made my way towards Taos and ended up sleeping under the stars near the Rio Grande/Arroyo Hondo (0F sleeping bags are great). Having no access to a shower, a morning soak in the hot springs near my camp site seemed like a great idea to start my Taos ski day. It turned out to be a pretty busy affair, with a bunch of Durango locals on their way to a rafting adventure camping on the turnout and going for a morning soak as well. The one other soaker was a Taos local who called himself Disco (or something like that, can't remember tbh) and, between trying to sell us shrooms and weed, had all kinds of stories on how he had been maintaining these hot springs after rock slides and floods (much appreciated, Disco!).
The skiing at Taos was great (no freshies but still soft and edgeable on the steeps). The rocky conditions that everyone talks about didn't seem to be much of an issue this season (2018-2019). I ended up chatting with some Santa Fe locals on the chairlift and had them show me some of the mountain.
After dinner in Taos proper, I figured I might as well go for another soak before sleeping under the stars again. By the time I get there, it's dark and there are 3-4 dudes in the hot springs. One guy turns out to be someone from Montana who recently moved there, bartends at the local bar, and lives in a trailer nearby. The other 2 are just plain weird, and keep telling their dog to shut up. It turns out they met Disco too earlier that day, bought his shrooms, and were seriously tripping. At some point they started howling with the dog for a solid minute. They keep talking about "these tweakers" (which I later learn, from mr. Montana, are meth-heads), but as the evening wears on, it becomes increasingly clear they are in fact tweakers themselves. They didn't bring a headlamp of course so when it's time to leave, they take a good 15 minutes finding their belongings and clumsily getting dressed (despite me offering my headlamp), swearing and muttering nonsense (f'ing tweakers!). After they finally leave, I can hear their swearing and muttering for another 20 minutes as they stumble back to the trailhead 200 yards away. At that point I do get a little worried about my car, which has literally all my belongings as I am doing this road trip as part of a move. However, I hear no sounds of shattering glass so I hope for the best.
That leaves just me and mr. Montana, and finally some rest. It turns out mr. Montana has other things on his mind. As soon as it's just the two of us left, he goes "here we are, 2 naked guys in a hot spring. Just so you know... I am 100% straight. In case you were having any ideas or something". I wanna laugh out loud, briefly consider some funny answers ("oh man, that's a bummer, I was really looking forward to some good b*tt action now that these methheads are gone") but end up playing nice and confirm that there is nothing to worry about. Not sure what's going on in Montana, but they might want to have some more open conversations about sexuality.
After making sure none of us were going to suddenly start sexually approaching the other, mr. Montana let me know that he heard there were some rumors of staph infections arising from this hot spring so he recommended showering after. I didn't really believe him or the rumors, but I figured a quick rinse in the river (by lack of shower) wouldn't hurt. Well, it did kinda hurt, but lo and behold, no staph infections for this guy. Also, my car turned out to be okay.
The next day I woke up early and drove all the way to Oklahoma City. The fun was over and Taos seemed like a distant dream.
Yes. It’s a never ending conveyor belt of weird.
Can it be too much? Maybe.
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Stay there long enough, you might permanently damage your ability to feel normal amongst the Norms and Normas of nonweird murica.
You may adjust in ways you don’t even understand and probably can’t undo.
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NOT ME THOUGH, I’M DOING FANTASTIC OUT HERE IN THE BLANDLANDS!
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WHO NEEDS INTERESTING PEOPLE AND SCENERY AND STEEP SKIING?
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NOT THIS FELLA!
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DEFINITELY NOT COMPLETELY BORED TO DEATH, LIFE FORCE WITHERING TO A TINY POOF OF ASH, LITERALLY WISHING FOR DEATH AS A SIMPLE EFFICIENT WAY TO END THE PERSISTENT CRUSHING BOREDOM!
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NOT AT ALL!!!
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WHAT? WHO SAID BORED? I’M NOT BORED!
Thanks for the tour, MS. Not a lot of places you can get fresh tracks at noon after lazing around all morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper
We actually *did* get suckered by the donuts as we were leaving. They were delicious.
Patrol said they were about 2 minutes away from repelling folks off the chairs. He was pretty stoked about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jrredho
I was bummed to find WB closed most of the weekend for the comp.
Jeeeshh
No I missed that thankfully. Spent 1 hr in the wind on whatever was there before #2 at the top 20 years ago when an empty chair came around the bullwheel and swung out and grabbed the wired outside lift controls hanging and ripped it out. We were 3-4 chairs down and saw torn wires and shit go flying off the bullwheel. Thought cable was breaking and almost jumped off. Then stuck freezing cold. Not fun. Gave us hot cocoa vouchers.
Whats the story with that blue bottles glade?
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TSV may have the largest collection of giant, weirdly spaced moguls on the planet.
Husky latin women
Blame the snowboarders for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nevada29er
It used to be all the telemarkers with their long radius knee drop turns. I actually like the big long moguls a lot better than the short choppy ones.
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Yeah, I was probably guilty of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kinnikinnick
Taos........Wow! That's my new favorite mountain town and ski area. The mountain is just relentless! We loved it.
A big thanks to Meadow Skipper for touring my daughter and I around Ski Santa Fe too, what a fantastic little mountain that is as well. It has some very playful terrain and some damn fine looking side country. I can't wait to get back!
How were the crowds when you were there?Quote:
Originally Posted by raisingarizona13
Fun day. Your girl is a great skier. Bring touring gear next time.Quote:
A big thanks to Meadow Skipper for touring my daughter and I around Ski Santa Fe too, what a fantastic little mountain that is as well. It has some very playful terrain and some damn fine looking side country. I can't wait to get back!
I have not seen many telemarkers in my time there. My theory is old schoolers on skinny straight skis, making Scott Schmitt hop turns at the beginning of the season. It is Taos after all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kinnikinnick
It's OK to let them run a little boys. Big turns are cool.
I think a lot of the mogul strangeness gets established during the Christmas season when the vast majority of the ski traffic is Texans, and even among strong skiers and locals, the prospect of skiing those steeps on really thin cover makes moves tentative....and tentative moves make blocky, less-flowing moguls...and once they're there, they're there. I've definitely seen that ski area re-shaped from late December to early January...so I know that can happen.
It was arrhythmic and weird-shaped back in the 90s before fat skis, then in the 2000s with fat skis but before snowboards, now with all of it....still big weird bumps.
I see the same no-rhythm bumps at Mt. Bohemia. It's roughly the same thing too:
this is steeper and tighter than they're used to so one. complete. turn. at. a. time.
^This.Quote:
Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy