Taos Ski Valley, 12/22/04, 15" Powder

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jfslenes

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Snow report today, Wednesday, at 4 PM says 15" powder in last 24 hours and still snowing. Forecast says another 24 hours of storm. About 45" undisturbed depth at mid mtn.

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I really think Taos inflates its ski reports. Anybody else?

A 50" base and only 8 out of 50+ expert trails open?? C'mon.

How come both Telluride/Crested Buttel/Wold Creek can have about 92%/85%/100% of their expert terrain open with bases of 36/32/58 respectively????

Frankly, I have found Taos exagerates and would not go their until AT LEAST 70" appears if you want to get on the expert slopes.

Looking for truth.

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jfslenes":25pr1215 said:
Remember the FREE ski better week January 9. Buy a 6 day lift ticki and the highly rated Taos Ski Valley ski better week school is free.

Beginning January 2, 2005, we are offering our famed Pay 2 Nights, the 3rd Night is FREE lodging special. Ski you in Taos!
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jfslenes, see some of the commentary made after your last post and please take it to heart. Users here take the non-commercial nature of these forums fairly seriously, so it's strongly recommended that you take that into account when posting here, as anything in a similar vein going forward will need to be edited by our staff.
 
I would analyze Chris C.'s comments as follows:

In terms of snowfall Taos and Telluride have similar long term averages, although Telluride has had more last year and so far this year. Crested Butte averages a little less, and we all know that Wolf Creek averages much more.

Topography is a big variable. Wolf Creek is fairly intermediate and mostly skiable on ~4 feet. If they get one early big dump they get close to 100% open right away in late October or early November. Telluride is also fairly mangeable on 4 feet. The chair 9 runs have perfect exposure and consistent but not precipitous fall lines. Gold Hill is the only area that really needs deep coverage and might not be ready for prime time until February in average years.

Taos and the North Face of Crested Butte are very rocky and do need the 70-80 inch base that Chris and I have mentioned to realize full potential. Crested Butte may show most or all trails open, but its trail count does not include Extreme Limits terrain, and CB's website currently shows neither the High Lift nor North Face T-bar running.

I'll repeat my advice. If you're interested in skiing much expert terrain, eschew the early season "deals" and NEVER advance book to either CB or Taos before February, unless it's a high snow year where the base is 70+ inches earlier.
 
I don't think Taos inflates its snow totals. Their website is rather misleading in not stating that there is currently only one (1) off trail run that opens occasionally for a few hours. Until the hike-to terrain opens (could be soon with another foot of snow) Taos is just a somewhat above average groomers & bump resort with slow lifts. Their brochures always feature photos of skiing only accessed by hiking without stating as such. Somewhat misleading if you ask me.
 
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