kragan Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Sorry didn't see this. If you're looking for slope side, you could try the alpine village suites. I prefer in town since it's an easy drive though. I've stayed at the Wyndham world mark and kachina lodge recently. Kachina lodge was super cheap and kind of run down but not terrible. There's the snow mansion hostel in arroyo seco. The sagebrush inn is popular but I've never stayed there. Mountain knowledge I could go on forever, but try all the steeps off of lift 2. Hike both ridges. Don't overlook the "Bambi ridge" where you can find sir Arnold Lynn, the Bambi chutes and Lorelei. Also the what chutes if you're into crazy shit. Go into hunziker bowl, but keep traversing even beyond where it seems like it makes sense and go into high noon bowl and el Funko. If the snows good you'll be rewarded. Don't miss longhorn and North American if it's open. If you ski longhorn tell anybody bragging about Al's run that they are a pussy. Much longer and steeper. Thanks, NMSKI. We are looking to go the 1st or 2nd weekend in March and are pretty much going to head where ever the snow is best. If there's good snow south of us, Taos is where we will end up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 I'm sure I sound like a broken record with my happy reports, but today was great again! I actually decided to demo some Cham 97's because I have been skiing a lot of bumps, chutes and trees, and since most of the powder is skied off, the moments were a little more work than I liked. It proved to be a good decision. Skied a couple easy runs to feel out the new boards, then hiked up to west basin. I traversed all the way around, then sidestepped uphill about 100 yards and dropped into the Wild West glade, which is a newly glades area along the westernmost boundary of the ski area. It was so quiet in there due to the weed out factor of the hike/traverse/sidestep. Still some fresh in there too. Skied Jeans Glade later which is super steep off the frontside. In the afternoon, I played in the trees on the backside, then did 2 laps on kachina Main Street. Finished my day on Totally Wiard chute in hunziker. Was a beautiful sunny day. To top it off, my kids did awesome in their lessons which made me feel great. Wild West Jean's View at lunch Looking up chair 1 (Al's) Secenery 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Nice report!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Law Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Nice dude ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted February 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) I'm tired of making words but day 5 of 5 I got after it. 2 ridge hikes - 1 west basin, 1 highline. Finally found my way into Corner Chute from the kitchen wall. Skied a couple of really long bump runs, since it was spring conditions too. Finished the day by grabbing the kids from ski school and taking them up the Al's run lift and doing a 1600 vert green run to the bottom. Highline ridge scenes Looking southeast from T-Bird high atop west basin ridge. Found a sweetie of a natural halfpipe that I had never discovered before. Tomorrow I'll try to make some time to post some vids. Edited February 27, 2016 by NMSKI 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 Looks great! See you at Blue soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted February 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) OK kids, this is why you wear a helmet. Video of me trying to scope out freshies but ending up falling down a rocky cliff and removing vegetation from a hillside. If you listen closely you can hear me say "oh boy i'm in deep shit" lol. I'll post some other videos at some point later. https://vimeo.com/156980694 Edited February 27, 2016 by NMSKI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe ghoul Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 SorryThis video does not exist. mighta been some top secret stuff on there, the govt is watching you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Video doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted February 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 SorryThis video does not exist. mighta been some top secret stuff on there, the govt is watching you. Video doesn't work. I must have brain damage. This should work.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarponhead Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Cham review? Moments are awesome but are stiff so I know what your getting at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillycore Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Damn Tom....glad you didn't get hurt on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe ghoul Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 That's gotta be worth a few hundred GNAR points. See if you can outrun an avalanche next! Glad to hear you didn't get too banged up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Damn dude that couldve been serious. Awesome report/pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Nice cliff drop. I wouldn't have taken that approach, though [emoji3] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted February 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Cham review? Moments are awesome but are stiff so I know what your getting atI liked the Chams so much I'm thinking about getting some, but I want to try the 107's first. Also, I demoed 178's which were fine, but would be curious to try the 184's also. They were good in chop, pretty easy to swing around in bumps, although I'm not a great mogul skier. I could confidently ski them on steeps and they were good not great on groomers. I'm not very technically sound (definitely not level 3), so actual good skiers might have different impressions. Everyone I talked too, though, seemed to think they were a pretty bad ass ski for what that's worth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted March 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Here are a few videos: Corner Chute Backside Trees High Noon and El Funko 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted March 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Last ones.. Totally Wiard chute West Basin to Wild West Glade Kachina Main Street 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Nice videos!!!! Holy variable conditions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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