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The Game Birds at Taos Ski Valley

Expert · 169 m long with 89 m of vertical, averaging 28° and 41° at its steepest, facing E.

41°steepest 50 m
28°average pitch
169 mlength
89 mvertical
3362 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

The Game Birds is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to The Game Birds

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

From the base area (about 22 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 Wild West Glade (expert)
  10. Ski The Game Birds (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Muse Bowl, Lower Stauffenberg, Godie Chutes. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lift 8 (2 min), Rueggli (6 min), Gondolita (6 min).

See The Game Birds 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.