Taos ski week moves to private only, for 20/21

[Tony S]

If there’s no ski week, I’d have no reason to go.

Well THAT'S an overstatement.

 

[KingGrump]

If there’s no ski week, I’d have no reason to go.

You can still come. I'll ski with you. Promise I won't lose you this time.

 

[Pumba]

Darn, just after I decided that I might actually try to have a season this year...
I haven’t even bought a pass or anything, but I’m really missing nature and gliding down surfaces...
is anyone else out there thinking of forming a small private group? Just for fun?

 

[mdf]

Darn, just after I decided that I might actually try to have a season this year...
I haven’t even bought a pass or anything, but I’m really missing nature and gliding down surfaces...
is anyone else out there thinking of forming a small private group? Just for fun?

If I felt safe travelling, I'd be in. But unfortunately I don't.....

 

[marjoram_sage]

This is the first year I'm not doing a Taos ski week due to covid-19. Usually I don't do it because Taos is an expert rated mountain

 

[Chris V.]

I haven’t even bought a pass or anything, but I’m really missing nature and gliding down surfaces...is anyone else out there thinking of forming a small private group? Just for fun?

I'm in a similar situation. What's your thinking surrounding "forming a small private group?"

 

[Rainbow Jenny]

If not for the pandemic, I also thought this would be the Taos Ski Week year for me.

As a side note of famous ski week programs, I recently met up with 3 local Tahoe backcountry ski and hiking buddies/pod, 74, 74, and 80 years young, who were trying to convince me to join them to ski Portillo. They couldn't stop talking about an 80 yo female instructor who teaches at St. Moritz and Portillo. I subsequently read about Heidi Knaus in this article: https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/chile-portillo-skiing-resort/
She even teaches yoga every day and plays the accordion in the evening!

It's hard to keep up with these playful and fun folks who never seem to grow old; without a doubt I'll jump at the opportunity to join them in Portillo.

 

[Pumba]

Welp, i think i'll be playing it on the cautious side as well this season. I truly miss sliding on surfaces and being in nature. Long shot would be a couple weeks in the North Tahoe region where i have family, hopefully if/when it snows again there...
Otherwise, i guess i'll keep up with my new pandemic hobbies of skateboarding and skating....
anyone in the nyc area up for these things, hit me up!

Hi @Rainbow Jenny!...been so long....just waking up to life again...


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[jimtransition]

If not for the pandemic, I also thought this would be the Taos Ski Week year for me.

As a side note of famous ski week programs, I recently met up with 3 local Tahoe backcountry ski and hiking buddies/pod, 74, 74, and 80 years young, who were trying to convince me to join them to ski Portillo. They couldn't stop talking about an 80 yo female instructor who teaches at St. Moritz and Portillo. I subsequently read about Heidi Knaus in this article: https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/chile-portillo-skiing-resort/
She even teaches yoga every day and plays the accordion in the evening!

It's hard to keep up with these playful and fun folks who never seem to grow old; without a doubt I'll jump at the opportunity to join them in Portillo.

Heidi is a legend! I've been working with her for the last 10 years and her age is still a mystery! Strange not to be there this year.

 

[FlyingAce]

Private ski week is one price (I think it was $1350 last year) for up to X people - if you can find a few people with the same interests, you can split a private week for just about the same cost as a non-private ski week. Only thing you will be missing is the ski off.
You can also split the week however you want. I did a private week last season with my husband, and 2 other private weeks with a friend where he took 3 days and I took 3. We did not ski together since we were working on different things.
As for the quarantine - my golf club has been getting plenty of out of state visitors these past few months. 100% sure these people did not quarantine for 14-days before heading out to golf, nor is anyone enforcing it‍...Not sure how TSV will be able to monitor/enforce it either.

 

[DaveM]

Taos Ski Valley's "Ski Week" was fantastic! I'm glad to see, in the above thread, that it will resume in the future, after the pandemic. I went to "TSV" in February 2014, with a local ski club, and signed-up for "Ski Week". That was when the Blake family still owned the area. I was in an "Intermediate" group -- eight people or less -- with a very good instructor. "I got better!", to paraphrase Monty Python. It was indeed an incredibly good deal. I met people from Texas, Georgia, CA and Canada. I strongly recommend it.
Yes, it started snowing within 1-2 days of our arrival, and at least briefly squalled, every day. 'Happiness!

 

[Seldomski]

Taos ski week is on my bucket list. I hope they bring it back.

 

[KingGrump]

Taos ski week is on my bucket list. I hope they bring it back.

All you have to do is press the "easy" button and come to a Pugski Taos mini-gathering when things get back to normal.

 

[Seldomski]

"easy"

Always consider the source.



Would love to join, eventually I'll run out of excuses.

 

[FlyingAce]

TSV season pass information is out. Will operate at 50% capacity. No word on “reservations” for passholders (season/ikon), just 14-day advanced purchase for tickets. Only private lessons are available this year. No shuttle, no lockers...check their website.

 

[dbostedo]

TSV season pass information is out. Will operate at 50% capacity. No word on “reservations” for passholders (season/ikon), just 14-day advanced purchase for tickets. Only private lessons are available this year. No shuttle, no lockers...check their website.

Here's the page for those interested:

Winter Operations Plan | Taos Ski Valley

opening Day: November 25, 2021 Last season, we learned a great deal about operating during a pandemic and are proud that we were able to offer access to our legendary terrain while keeping guests, staff, and community health and well-b

www.skitaos.com

I'm a little surprised at the decision not to run the parking shuttles, given that they are mostly open-air, and not typically crowded (at least not when I've used them).

 

[Tony S]

Here's the page for those interested:

Winter Operations Plan | Taos Ski Valley

opening Day: November 25, 2021 Last season, we learned a great deal about operating during a pandemic and are proud that we were able to offer access to our legendary terrain while keeping guests, staff, and community health and well-b

www.skitaos.com

I'm a little surprised at the decision not to run the parking shuttles, given that they are mostly open-air, and not typically crowded (at least not when I've used them).

HOW DO IKON AND MOUNTAIN COLLECTIVE PASSHOLDERS SKI AT TAOS?
IKON passholders will need to make a reservation via the IKON reservation system, then can go direct to the lift at Taos Ski Valley.

 

[James]

You don’t have to be expert to take a ski week at Taos.

Could we change the title of this thread? It’s too much end of the world.
Like “World Cup in North America- No More”

 

[Tony S]

HOW DO IKON AND MOUNTAIN COLLECTIVE PASSHOLDERS SKI AT TAOS?
IKON passholders will need to make a reservation via the IKON reservation system, then can go direct to the lift at Taos Ski Valley.

Which raises a conundrum:

If I'm not sure I want to crack open my 20/21 Ikon (saving it for the 21/22 season), does that mean I can't make early reservations with it? I.e., does making a reservation constitute "using" your Ikon, or does the shrink wrap get breached only when you actually redeem a day?

 

[dbostedo]

Could we change the title of this thread? It’s too much end of the world.
Like “World Cup in North America- No More”

Agreed and changed.