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Corner Chute at Taos Ski Valley

Expert · 305 m long with 153 m of vertical, averaging 27° and 32° at its steepest, facing N.

32°steepest 50 m
27°average pitch
305 mlength
153 mvertical
3613 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Corner Chute

Lifts that reach the top: Kachina Peak Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 16 minutes, expert 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. Ride Kachina Peak Lift
  7. Ski Highline Ridge (expert)
  8. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  9. Ski Corner Chute (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Honeysuckle, North Face. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lift 7 (3 min), Lift 4 (4 min), Pioneer (10 min).

See Corner Chute 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.