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Thunderbird at Taos Ski Valley

Expert · 308 m long with 185 m of vertical, averaging 31° and 41° at its steepest, facing E.

41°steepest 50 m
31°average pitch
308 mlength
185 mvertical
3569 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Thunderbird

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 Thunderbird (expert)

Where it ends

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

See Thunderbird 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.