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Taos ski runs

115 named runs · about 35 miles of skiing · 9,350 to 12,450 ft

Green 29% (10.1 mi)Blue 17% (5.9 mi)Black 20% (6.9 mi)Double black 34% (12.1 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. Pierre's 52°
  2. High Somewhere 50°
  3. Godie Chutes 49°
  4. Meatball 47°
  5. The Game Birds 46°

Longest

  1. White Feather 12,600 ft
  2. Rubezahl 8,200 ft
  3. Highline Ridge 7,200 ft
  4. Honeysuckle 6,200 ft
  5. Lower Stauffenberg 5,000 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Stauffenberg 33% sun
  2. Oster 34% sun
  3. K4 37% sun
  4. K5 39% sun
  5. Fabian 39% sun

Longest greens

  1. White Feather 12,600 ft
  2. Rubezahl 8,200 ft
  3. Honeysuckle 6,200 ft
  4. Lower Patton 4,700 ft
  5. Japanese Flag 3,600 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 115 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Pierre's Double black 550 ft 1,068 ft 52° 32° N Excellent
High Somewhere Double black 610 ft 1,202 ft 50° 32° NE Good
Godie Chutes Double black 331 ft 710 ft 49° 30° NE Excellent
Meatball Double black 741 ft 1,349 ft 47° 34° NE Excellent
The Game Birds Double black 313 ft 664 ft 46° 30° NE Excellent
K1 Double black 511 ft 1,114 ft 45° 28° NE Excellent
Zdarsky Double black 583 ft 1,132 ft 45° 32° N Excellent
Elevator Double black 334 ft 525 ft 45° 40° E Average
Fabian Double black 695 ft 1,281 ft 45° 34° N Excellent
North Face Double black 332 ft 611 ft 44° 34° NE Excellent
St. Bernard Double black 459 ft 1,133 ft 44° 25° NE Average
No Name Double black 247 ft 409 ft 43° 38° E Below average
Donkey Double black 261 ft 437 ft 43° 37° E Poor
Werner Double black 646 ft 1,187 ft 42° 33° NE Excellent
Billy Sol Double black 498 ft 899 ft 42° 34° NE Excellent
Oster Double black 561 ft 949 ft 42° 37° N Excellent
West Blitz Trees Double black 601 ft 1,300 ft 42° 28° N Excellent
Thunderbird Double black 612 ft 1,195 ft 42° 31° E Average
Dadou's Double black 1,208 ft 2,583 ft 42° 28° NE Excellent
Spitfire Double black 679 ft 1,327 ft 42° 32° N Excellent
Hidalgo Double black 320 ft 540 ft 42° 36° E Below average
Longhorn Double black 1,528 ft 4,009 ft 41° 23° NE Average
K3 Double black 835 ft 1,673 ft 41° 30° N Excellent
Etch's Glade Black 401 ft 920 ft 41° 26° N Excellent
Cabin Chute Double black 428 ft 884 ft 41° 30° E Average
Cabin Trees Unrated 309 ft 518 ft 41° 37° E Below average
Waterfowl Double black 415 ft 891 ft 41° 29° NE Excellent
Stauffenberg Double black 612 ft 1,070 ft 41° 35° N Excellent
Ninos Heroes Double black 461 ft 812 ft 41° 35° NE Good
Two Bucks Double black 481 ft 1,128 ft 41° 27° NE Good
K2 Double black 644 ft 1,353 ft 41° 29° N Excellent
Hunziker Double black 1,072 ft 2,354 ft 40° 28° N Excellent
Patrol Shack Double black 261 ft 445 ft 40° 36° E Poor
Blitz Black 574 ft 1,298 ft 40° 27° N Excellent
Muse Bowl Double black 305 ft 698 ft 40° 27° NE Excellent
K4 Double black 803 ft 1,533 ft 39° 32° N Excellent
Pipeline Double black 407 ft 769 ft 39° 33° NW Good
Twin Trees Chute Double black 789 ft 1,927 ft 39° 25° E Below average
Walkyries Chute Double black 707 ft 1,615 ft 39° 27° E Below average
Lift Shack Chute Double black 519 ft 1,093 ft 39° 29° E Average
Wonder Bowl Double black 481 ft 1,064 ft 39° 28° NE Excellent
Tresckow Double black 603 ft 1,570 ft 39° 23° N Excellent
Lorelei Trees Double black 604 ft 1,543 ft 39° 24° NE Good
K5 Double black 664 ft 1,297 ft 39° 31° N Excellent
Ash Pond Black 201 ft 433 ft 38° 28° NE Average
Castor Double black 594 ft 1,297 ft 38° 28° NW Excellent
El Funko Black 511 ft 2,268 ft 38° 14° NE Average
Tell Trees Black 369 ft 1,078 ft 37° 20° N Excellent
Al's Run Black 1,629 ft 3,718 ft 37° 26° NE Excellent
Jean's Glade Double black 476 ft 939 ft 37° 31° N Excellent
Reforma Black 650 ft 1,677 ft 37° 23° NW Excellent
Chicken Blitz Double black 159 ft 1,048 ft 37° 9° NW Excellent
North American Double black 1,425 ft 3,298 ft 37° 26° NE Average
Juarez Double black 394 ft 697 ft 37° 35° NE Good
Corner Chute Double black 499 ft 1,124 ft 36° 27° N Excellent
Raspberry Hill Black 261 ft 663 ft 35° 24° N Excellent
Lorelei Black 908 ft 3,522 ft 35° 15° E Below average
Wild West Glade Double black 1,526 ft — 34° 29° N —
Main Street Double black 1,051 ft 2,523 ft 34° 25° N Excellent
West Basin Black 247 ft 1,493 ft 34° 10° N Good
West Basin Ridge Double black 1,413 ft 4,948 ft 34° 19° N Excellent
Bob's Black 369 ft 1,387 ft 33° 17° E Below average
Highline Ridge Double black 646 ft 7,212 ft 33° 8° NE Average
Ponsse Scheme Black 365 ft 905 ft 33° 24° E Below average
$ Slot Black 179 ft 391 ft 33° 28° N Excellent
Showoff Black 223 ft 1,109 ft 32° 13° N Good
Cache Stash Black 249 ft 728 ft 32° 21° NE Good
Ruby Gully Unrated 265 ft 921 ft 32° 17° NE Good
Psycho Path Black 269 ft 701 ft 32° 23° NW Average
Zagava Black 175 ft 398 ft 31° 26° N Excellent
Moe's Black 323 ft 1,142 ft 31° 17° NE Average
Mucho Gusto Blue 375 ft 1,541 ft 31° 14° NW Good
Walkyries Glade Black 579 ft 2,523 ft 29° 14° E Average
Hunziker Bowl Black 539 ft 2,094 ft 29° 15° NE Good
Papa Bear Black 378 ft 1,133 ft 28° 20° NE Average
High Noon Black 261 ft 1,518 ft 28° 12° NW Excellent
Lower Inferno Black 403 ft 1,445 ft 28° 16° N Excellent
Staub Black 174 ft 954 ft 27° 11° N Good
Tell Glade Black 256 ft 713 ft 27° 21° N Excellent
Powderhorn Bowl Blue 185 ft 673 ft 26° 16° N Good
Lower Stauffenberg Blue 1,227 ft 5,032 ft 26° 14° N Good
Maxie's Terrain Park Blue 586 ft 2,587 ft 26° 13° NE Average
Firlefanz Blue 411 ft 1,444 ft 25° 17° NW Good
Porcupine Blue 881 ft 3,767 ft 24° 14° NW Average
Powerderhorn Blue 631 ft 2,378 ft 23° 16° N Good
Whitefeather Gully Blue 232 ft 748 ft 23° 18° N Excellent
Lower Totemoff Green 550 ft 2,608 ft 23° 12° NE Average
Powderhorn Gully Blue 161 ft 475 ft 23° 20° NW Good
Baby Bear Blue 403 ft 1,326 ft 23° 18° NE Good
Poco Gusto Black 125 ft 771 ft 23° 10° N Average
Middle Patton Blue 150 ft 856 ft 23° 11° N Good
Shalako Blue 581 ft 2,586 ft 22° 13° NE Average
Street Car Black 206 ft 851 ft 22° 14° E Average
Mama Bear Blue 149 ft 593 ft 22° 15° N Good
White Feather Bowl Blue 153 ft 492 ft 22° 18° N Excellent
Upper Totemoff Blue 342 ft 1,369 ft 21° 15° NE Average
White Feather Green 1,694 ft 12,573 ft 21° 8° N Average
Bonanza Green 485 ft 2,199 ft 21° 13° N Good
Winkelried Green 405 ft 2,344 ft 21° 10° E Below average
Bambi Blue 510 ft 2,437 ft 21° 12° N Good
Lower Patton Green 742 ft 4,682 ft 20° 9° NE Average
Bambi Glade Green 167 ft 705 ft 20° 14° NW Good
Honeysuckle Green 1,212 ft 6,202 ft 20° 11° E Below average
Lone Star Blue 478 ft 1,945 ft 20° 14° NE Average
Japanese Flag Glade Blue 128 ft 549 ft 19° 14° NE Average
High Five Green 219 ft 1,438 ft 16° 9° NW Average
Japanese Flag Green 465 ft 3,623 ft 16° 7° NE Average
Jess's Green 247 ft 1,479 ft 15° 10° N Good
Upper Powderhorn Blue 286 ft 1,543 ft 15° 11° W Below average
Free Tacos Green 121 ft 1,223 ft 14° 6° N Good
Upper Patton Green 201 ft 1,349 ft 14° 9° NE Average
Pioneer Green 154 ft 1,553 ft 13° 6° NW Average
Rubezahl Green 820 ft 8,197 ft 13° 6° NE Average
Rueggli Beginner's Hill Green 127 ft 1,123 ft 10° 7° N Average
Easy Trip Green 55 ft 803 ft 9° 4° N Average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.