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Ash Pond at Taos Ski Valley

Advanced · 116 m long with 62 m of vertical, averaging 28° and 37° at its steepest, facing NE.

37°steepest 50 m
28°average pitch
116 mlength
62 mvertical
3495 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Ash Pond is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Ash Pond

Lifts that reach the top: Lift 7 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Lift 7A (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Lift 2 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Kachina Peak Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Base to Base Gondola
  2. Ski Lower Patton (easy)
  3. Ski Winkelried (easy)
  4. Ride Lift 4
  5. Ski Easy Trip (easy)
  6. Ski Shalako (intermediate)
  7. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  8. Ski Honeysuckle (easy)
  9. Ride Lift 7
  10. Ski Bob's (advanced)
  11. Ski Ash Pond (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Walkyries Glade. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lift 7 (2 min), Lift 4 (4 min), Pioneer (10 min).

See Ash Pond on the 3D mapAll runs at Taos Ski Valley
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.