Got My Ski Pass!

[Taosman]

Just got my ski pass for Taos Ski Valley! WooHoo!
Needless to say I'm psyched!
It looks like we'll have a El Nino winter!
Already snow on the Sangre de Christos!

Our lifts open in just 44 days!
Opening day is Thursday, November 23, 2006

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Mountain / Stats, Trail Map

OPENING DATES
November 23, 2006 ? April 8, 2007

AVERAGE ANNUAL SNOWFALL
305 inches

AVERAGE DAYS OF SUNSHINE
300+ days

TOTAL ACREAGE
1,294 Acres

NUMBER OF TRAILS
110 total: 24% beginner, 25% intermediate, 51% expert

NUMBER OF LIFTS
12 total: 4 quad chair lifts; 1 triple chair lift; 5 double chair lifts; 2 surface lifts

BASE ELEVATION
9,207 feet / 2805 meters

TOP OF HIGHEST LIFT SERVED
11,819 feet / 3602 meters

KACHINA PEAK ELEVATION
12,481 feet / 3804 meters

VERTICAL DROP
2,612 feet / 796.13 meters (lift served)
3,274 feet / 998.22 meters (with Kachina Peak hike)

HOURS OF LIFT OPERATION
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

UPHILL CAPACITY
More than 15,000 skiers per hour

SNOWMAKING CAPABILITIES
100% of beginner and intermediate slopes

OUT-TO-LAUNCH TERRAIN PARK
Terrain park located on Maxie's run under lift #7 offers two huge airs, a hip, a quarter pipe, and rails. The park is groomed nightly.

NO SNOWBOARDING PERMITTED

 

[tedginn05]

NO SNOWBOARDING PERMITTED

 

[Brutus1]

How much for the season pass?

What's a daily out there ?


Oh, and thanks, prick!!


Taos. Do you get Skiing magazine? They had a great article last month about making your own skis and how it's easier thanit sounds. After the initial equiptment purchase, you can make them fairly cheap. I'm going to give it a try. It may take a while.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

any western skiing is so much better, no ice. (what you call ice we call powder)

 

[Taosman]

How much for the season pass?

What's a daily out there ?


Oh, and thanks, prick!!


Taos. Do you get Skiing magazine? They had a great article last month about making your own skis and how it's easier thanit sounds. After the initial equiptment purchase, you can make them fairly cheap. I'm going to give it a try. It may take a while.

Taos Ski Valley pass= $500

Make your own skiis?

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

My wife and I picked up Copper Mountain 4-day passes for $90.

We'll probably pick up Aspen 4-days too...

Wish I could spend more weekends up in mountains. The drive for 'day skiing' in Summit County (Keystone/Breck/A-basin/Copper/Vail, etc) sucks. We usually pick a few weekend and head up Friday night and stay until Sunday evening.

 

[Taosman]

No snowboards!
There is a very good reason for this.
This mountain is VERY, VERY STEEP!
Our greens =blue runs.
The blues = black.
And the double blacks are cliff jumps!

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

No snowboards!
There is a very good reason for this.
This mountain is VERY, VERY STEEP!
Our greens =blue runs.
The blues = black.
And the double blacks are clift jumps!

You forgot to mention that boarders are knuckle-dragging punks.

:p

well, all of 'em except my wife that is.

 

[Taosman]

You forgot to mention that boarders are knuckle-dragging punks.

:p

well, all of 'em except my wife that is.

I could have added that.
But, you know me!
I'm not a controversy guy!

 

[Taosman]

My wife and I picked up Copper Mountain 4-day passes for $90.

We'll probably pick up Aspen 4-days too...

Wish I could spend more weekends up in mountains. The drive for 'day skiing' in Summit County (Keystone/Breck/A-basin/Copper/Vail, etc) sucks. We usually pick a few weekend and head up Friday night and stay until Sunday evening.

When we lived in Connecticut, we did the Friday night drive up to Vermont thang'.
You know.
Bumper to bumper for 3+hrs. in rain CT, then frozen rain, Ma. then finally snow, Vermont.
WTF were we thinking?
Total white knuckle, horror show!

I try to ski 3-4 days a week, now.
NO cliff jumping or "hiking"! :tongue2: