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This is why I prefer the midweek packed powder days over powder day skiing anymore. It's lost its value for me. With the thin SW skiing conditions we often have I like to let the hordes pack it in and uncover the hidden rocks and stumps anyways. I can confidently ski much faster and harder with it packed in honestly.
Wow. SO FUCKING GOOD.
Another 5 overnight. Cold, things are skied in but not out. Wow. Still untracked everywhere.
Take some pictures, guy.
here you go buttahflake. stopped for two photos. Awesome day on a great mountain yesterday[. Hope they get it all open today before it gets warm.
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$98 well spent
$98 is a steal, those trees look sick
And they have those trees EVERYWHERE. The glade skiing at Taos (when the coverage is "good") is world-class, IMO.Quote:
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Is $98 half?
Great hill! Glad you guy’s are getting it when it’s good.
What’s Alain up to now days?
He’s a good dude. I hope he and his wife are happy, but I’d probably get rid of the shop. Retail sucks.
Been seeing him a bunch. Great guy. 38 yrs. Was bitching about raising rent for the space the other day. Cool cat.
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kachina w 4 feet on it. prob open to hike tomorrow. will prob turn to hot pow/mank. was baking this afternoon
Go send Dahl-BradineQuote:
Originally Posted by byates1
World pro tour stop/race starts tomorrow. I'll be poking around for pro call outs.
^^^^^
Super stoked to see you're getting paid for returning to Taos. Fresh snow and nobody skiing is gonna be a rarity you'll not soon forget.
Another so good day. Full sun, race scene is rad.
Some ppl poached kachina this am, so patrol couldn't control, so not open. Huh.
It's baked out anyway.
Hey kind of a long shot question here. Last year I was in the area for work around the end of April, and managed to squeeze a day tour in. Looking at lodging that time of year, it looks pretty reasonable in the ski valley. Although I realize last year was exceptional, what kind of snowpack could I expect at the end of April this year? Obviously the resort will be closed mostly looking at the upper end of the valley.
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The snowpack up Lake Fork, Williams Lake to Lake Fork Peak and Sin Nombre should be excellent for spring skiing way into May this year. Maybe even on Kachina closer in at the ski area.
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2for1 pro call out: mahare brothers.
Sweet Thanks! I’m sure going to Taos and going full hermit and skiing for a long weekend isn’t good for me, but fuck it what is. There was enough eye candy from my short tour, that honestly I think O could keep myself busy without a guidebook, thanks for the rec though. Also I’ll post pics of I do end up going to keep the stoke aliveQuote:
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Rolled out yesterday. Wow. I had a killer 2.5 months in Taos. What a place. FKNA. Thanks Taos.
^ Nice!
It was a good season.
If la Nina is TSV just going to be sunny dry and miserable 75"yr?
Maybe. That’s happened before.Quote:
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Sometimes La Niña is La Nada.
Things to ponder
Fantastic. Needed this today in the grips of summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by raisingarizona13
Can't wait to make my way back to Taos.
Will be at TSV this season. Working weekends. Should be able able to find mag hookups. Holla at your boy
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Ski into rocks, hip check, slide, ski into rocks, hip check over rocks, slide..
Oh man!Quote:
Originally Posted by byates1
That looks like Saint Bernard?
WOOF! are you a big dog?
Damn I remember greasing that shot multiple times last year.
Third turn in way in the air and there are three boarders stalled in the choke.
Nipped between them with a WHOOP! airborne turn to next section.
Hear from behind me:
"Yeah! Now that's the way you do it!!"
Good trip.
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I really mean 2 years ago.
Last year was rough, I think my brain is editing stuff out as a defense mechanism.
Anyway: 3 days, 3 feet.
Sweet first taste of Taos.
Sounds like big storm down thar. TSV could get pounded.
Early storms = rotten base layers.
I've never seen any base that wasn't rotten there. It ain't Baker
Some bases are more rotten than others.
Is this really that early of a storm? I mean, it is the end of October. Seems right on schedule. What happens after the storm creates the death whores.
It’s the 19th - for New Mexico, there’s still a couple-three weeks of potential warm(er), dry weather. Hope not, but…Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
When it snows it is all time here. All of my deepest turns I have ever made in the last ten years have been in Taos. Deeper than winters living in BC and skiing in AK last March. Every season we seem to get at least one 5ft + storm if not several but there can be long dry stretches. The winds usually blow from the west and fill in highline so a 12in storm can ski chest deep in some areas. It is almost always bony even when there is snow, and you have to be mindful of sharks all the time. There are a lot of zones to explore, its not the most straightforward mountain but you'll find most of them eventually! Have fun.
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sick shot. love that mountain but am no stranger to skiing in some bony conditions. Taos is on my short list for places to visit this season but if all the snow ends up falling to the north of me then that may end up being the play.
Constant boneyard. I love TSV. Wolf Creek pass for "Taos 85" winter" insurance. See you's on the hill.
Near record high temps forecast for this week in NM.Quote:
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https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...&lon=-105.5734
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