NMSKI Posted March 2, 2019 Report Posted March 2, 2019 Just got to the gate at BWI, had a couple brewskis at Flying Dog brewpub in the airport, flight is on time, next stop Albuquerque! 6 Quote
toast21602 Posted March 2, 2019 Report Posted March 2, 2019 Enjoy buddy! Hope there’s lots of dumps in your future - snow too! 2 Quote
RidgeRacer Posted March 2, 2019 Report Posted March 2, 2019 The bar has officially been raised for thread titles. Have a great time dude! 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 2, 2019 Report Posted March 2, 2019 1 hour ago, NMSKI said: Just got to the gate at BWI, had a couple brewskis at Flying Dog brewpub in the airport, flight is on time, next stop Albuquerque! Subscribed...gotta wait till Tuesday for Tacos if you wanna save a dollar. Quote
AtomicSkier Posted March 2, 2019 Report Posted March 2, 2019 Every time someone says New Mexico I can't *not* think of this... 3 3 Quote
NMSKI Posted March 4, 2019 Author Report Posted March 4, 2019 I’ve had a couple real nice days in Albuquerque, a nice run, some hiking in an old volcanic area with ancient native drawings all over the place, some good New Mexican food and beers. Packed up this morning and heading up to the mountains now. 7 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 4, 2019 Report Posted March 4, 2019 Enjoy New Mexico and Taos..You’re not missing much here.. 1 Quote
Barb Posted March 4, 2019 Report Posted March 4, 2019 That sunrise is beautiful!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
RidgeRacer Posted March 4, 2019 Report Posted March 4, 2019 Beautiful! The southwest is so damn cool. Quote
NMSKI Posted March 4, 2019 Author Report Posted March 4, 2019 Took a nice scenic drive up north. We checked out the rio grande gorge which was cool. Lots of clouds covering the mountains, hoping a nice layer of fresh snow is up there. I noticed that Kachina has been closed the last several days due to control work. Maybe it opens again tomorrow if I’m lucky! 7 Quote
NMSKI Posted March 6, 2019 Author Report Posted March 6, 2019 Hi dickheads, today was a ridiculously good Taos day for me. I met up with some TGR guys and had to step the game up a bit. Did 5 west basin hikes which might be a record for me. Hit Meatball, Hidden Chute, Waterfowl, Zdarsky and Stauffenburg. Had never hit hidden chute and waterfowl before, but it was nice to have a couple crash test dummies to follow down the gnarly lines. Aside from West B, I skied Pollux twice, hit the Bambi chutes, longhorn, als run and Werner trees. Had shin deep powder on a few runs, and there wasn’t a rock to be found. Coverage is soooo good right now (for Taos). Kachina still closed, maybe manana! Went almost bell to bell, I’m fucking exhausted. I’ll have a bunch of good pics of me, but waiting to get them sent to me. For now... Longhorn chokeMeatball apronNew buds exiting ZdarskyStauffy Bambi chuteObligatory kachina shot Laters ya pieces of shit. 7 2 Quote
toast21602 Posted March 6, 2019 Report Posted March 6, 2019 Fuck you. Looks like a great time! PASRs have been getting some great trips in this year! 3 1 1 Quote
RidgeRacer Posted March 6, 2019 Report Posted March 6, 2019 Nice! The Bambi chute looks legit as hell. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 6, 2019 Report Posted March 6, 2019 Nice report..how long is the west basin hike? Quote
toast21602 Posted March 6, 2019 Report Posted March 6, 2019 1 minute ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Nice report..how long is the west basin hike? www.google.com 5-10 minutes Quote
NMSKI Posted March 6, 2019 Author Report Posted March 6, 2019 Here’s some pics of me I yoinked from one of the TGR tr’s. 7 1 Quote
PSUFrankenstein Posted March 6, 2019 Report Posted March 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, NMSKI said: Here’s some pics of me I yoinked from one of the TGR tr’s. You look like you're having no fun at all in this pic Nice report, snow looks incredible 4 1 Quote
JFskiDan Posted March 6, 2019 Report Posted March 6, 2019 Imagine that...Tom is smiling. Looking good Tom! 2 2 Quote
mbike-ski Posted March 6, 2019 Report Posted March 6, 2019 Such a great pic! Way to gert erfter ert!!! 1 Quote
Popular Post NMSKI Posted March 7, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Posted March 7, 2019 Just settling in after a great day at Taos. Started my day off with the What Chutes, and doodled around in some trees. I planned to make a hike up to hit Trescow or Twin Trees and I saw that the gate to Kachina Peak was open! Hikers only special, hell yeah! Made the killer hike and dropped in to K5 for amazing fresh turns all the way down. As good as it gets at Taos, not a single mogul to be found yet. I skied Hunziker and El Funko, had some lunch and then made a hike back up and did Twin Trees chute which was pretty good. Did a couple runs down Castor/Pollux, then made a hike up to St. Bernard. I’m skiing better than I ever have and finally mastered the narrow choke in St Bernard. Finished it up with a run down Pipeline, had a pretty sick wipeout, I’m okay but it was time to call it a day. Great times, I love this place!What chutesKachinaTwin Trees 12 Quote
NMSKI Posted March 8, 2019 Author Report Posted March 8, 2019 Day 3, damn was it windy. I’m happy I got any skiing in today, I was really surprised there were no wind holds to start off. Started off the day with 2 steep tree runs off of Bambi ridge. First did Sir Arnold Lunn, then Lorelei Trees. Pockets of powder, some nice bumpy flow and a bit of crusty snow in the more sparse trees. Went over to the backside where it was less windy and skied Hunziker Bowl, Totally Wiard, El Funko and some groomers. Some nice wind-filled spots here and there. Made a hike up the ridge and skied Zdarsky again which I’m really enjoying. I made plans to meet my wife and mom for lunch so I took 7a up to the top and dropped into the Werner Chute into Longhorn for a 1,600 ft vertical thigh burner. The winds filled up Werner with 3-4 inches of snow and it skied beautifully. ROTD for sure. After lunch, lifts 1 and 2 were shut down so I drove up an icy mountain road to the backside and parked at the Bavarian which is near the bottom of lift 4. Did a couple runs until they shut down 4 and then I called it a day. Needed a beer after the drive down, it was rough in the rental car. All in all it was a good day and I have some left in the tank for tomorrow.Sir ARnoldZdarskyWest BasinTotally Wiard 8 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 8, 2019 Report Posted March 8, 2019 Nice report and I saw you made it big on on the Teton gravity forums!!! 1 Quote
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