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Chicken Blitz at Taos Ski Valley

Expert · 314 m long with 46 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 14° at its steepest, facing W.

14°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
314 mlength
46 mvertical
3573 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Chicken Blitz is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Chicken Blitz

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

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

  1. Ride Lift 1
  2. Ski High Five (easy)
  3. Ski White Feather (easy)
  4. Ride Lift 2
  5. Ski Honeysuckle (easy)
  6. Ski Bambi (intermediate)
  7. Ski Chicken Blitz (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Oster, Spitfire. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lift 2 (3 min), Lift 8 (4 min), Rueggli (8 min).

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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.