2024 Taos Mini-Gathering, February 3 - February 10, 2024
NOTE : This is a living post and will be changed as new information becomes available (last updated 1/30/2024)
The view from the top of Kachina Lift, February 2023
NOTE : This is a living post and will be changed as new information becomes available (last updated 1/30/2024)
The view from the top of Kachina Lift, February 2023
The dates for the 2024 Taos Gathering are February 3rd - 10th, 2024. Last season, we decided to push a week later into the season, into February in the hopes that Kachina lift would be open - and it worked out great. So we'll be going the first week of February again in 2024.
As always, anyone and everyone is welcome at a Gathering and the planning and coordination is minimal. Just show up on the right week, and you'll have some great folks to ski with! And at Taos most folks will likely do a Ski Week (week's worth of lessons). Personally, this will be my 6th Taos Gathering, and I'm really looking forward to it. See below for more Ski Week information.
If you're planning to come, please add yourself in the roll call thread, here:
2024 Taos Mini-Gathering Roll-call
This thread will serve as the roll call for the 2023 Taos Gathering. Please copy the list and add yourself in a post. And please keep discussion in the Gathering thread here: https://www.skitalk.com/threads/2024-taos-mini-gathering-feb-3-feb-10-2024.30724/ Roll call: @dbostedo
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Ski Week
If you haven't done a Ski Week before, it's been a good deal, and well worth it. You get six 2.5-hour small group lessons - one each morning Sunday through Friday - for a good price. The price for 2024 is $408 including tax - $15 more than last season. Taos instructors and lesson programs are very well regarded, and I've always had a great time and learned a lot, though YMMV.
One thing to note is that for about the same price, if you can get a group of 5 together who would like to take a lesson together, you can book a private Snowsports Week. That would let you not get randomly assigned to a group and make sure you ski with the people you want to. And will let you pick the instructor, if there's one you'd like to book.
You can book and see more details here: https://www.skitaos.com/snowsports-lessons
Lift Tickets
Taos is part of the Ikon Pass, and Mountain Collective Pass, so those are good options. Note that Taos is NOT ON THE IKON BASE PASS for 2024; the Base Pass Plus (5 days) or full Ikon Pass (7 days) are required. Reservations will no longer be required. The current regular lift ticket rate if you buy now is $105 - $135 per day, depending on which day and how many days you purchase. The walk-up rate is likely to be somewhat higher.
Taos Ski Valley
Taos is well known for having difficult terrain, with an abundance of steeps and chutes, many of which are hike-to terrain. But there's plenty of tough stuff that doesn't require a hike too. Taos is also known for an abundance of bumps, and many of the lessons will spend time in bumps, at pretty much all skiing levels. And for anyone that doesn't ski the more difficult stuff (like me much of the time) there are some nice groomers, easy trees, and easier bumps too!
Lift 4 will be a new high-speed quad for this year, so easier lapping on that side of the mountain. And there are 3 new named trails:
- Dadou's - cut through the woods skiers right of Al's
- Ponsse Scheme - Dropping skiers left off the short pitch leading from lift 7 down toward lift 4
- Cache Stash - Between the meandering Patton and El Funko toward the lower part of lift 4
Parking
If you're not staying at the base village, the drive up is typically easy on a well maintained canyon road. And parking is easy, with "cattle car" type shuttles that circulate the lot to take you up to the base.
Boot-Up
Taos has a nice locker room in the lower level of the cafeteria building. It has pay lockers and cubbies.
Daily meet-ups
Typically, folks tend to meetup in the locker room or at lift 1 at opening (9:00 AM) to get a warm-up lap or two in before the morning lessons (which start at ~9:30).
Then after lunch, there's another chance to meet-up and form some groups at ~1:00, again near lift one, as shown in the diagram below. And Taos is not all that large, and there's a pretty good chance you'll run into folks around the mountain during the morning or afternoon too.
I hope to see a lot of folks make it this season!
EDIT, 1/30/24:
We are getting close to Gathering time! I plan to be out a little early, about 8:30-8:40 to meet folks and be ready to go when the lift starts. For anyone that doesn't know me, I'll look approximately like this, but way more good looking in person
And my name is Dave. 
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