That's what I don't understand about openings. I guess maybe it took this long for the snow to set up to keep you off the bottom. Cool you got that. My first trip to Taos I caught a North America opening. I had no real plan. Caught the chair with a local as we were getting off he says North American is open, lets go. I have no idea what it looked like. I was going wide open to keep up with him. Last year I caught the opening of Wild West. Rode the chair with a patroller. Had no idea about that run. She had just opened it, said go long on the hike. Met a local on way out. He asked if I had ever been here before. Hell no, so I followed him out and got fresh tracks all the way. Went up to do it again and it was pretty well done. Kind of nice for locals to enjoy the hill without a crowd. Looks like only Kachina zone closed. With the ticket pricing only way I will go is planning 5 days out. Definitely not considering until totally open.
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