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High Five at Taos Ski Valley

Easy · 433 m long with 67 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 16° at its steepest, facing NW.

16°steepest 50 m
average pitch
433 mlength
67 mvertical
3389 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to High Five

Lifts that reach the top: Lift 1 (skiing novice 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 2 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Lift 1
  2. Ski High Five (easy)

Where it ends

Joins White Feather, unnamed easy trail, Powderhorn Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lift 2 (1 min), Lift 8 (3 min), Rueggli (6 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.