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High Somewhere at Taos Ski Valley

Expert · 304 m long with 185 m of vertical, averaging 31° and 46° at its steepest, facing E.

46°steepest 50 m
31°average pitch
304 mlength
185 mvertical
3569 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

High Somewhere is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to High Somewhere

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

From the base area (about 20 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 West Basin Ridge (expert)
  9. Ski High Somewhere (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Stauffenberg, Thunderbird. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lift 2 (2 min), Lift 8 (3 min), Rueggli (7 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.