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Twin Trees Chute at Taos Ski Valley

Expert · 522 m long with 241 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 40° at its steepest, facing E.

40°steepest 50 m
25°average pitch
522 mlength
241 mvertical
3613 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Twin Trees 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 Twin Trees Chute (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Shalako, Japanese Flag, Upper Patton, Showoff. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lift 4 (3 min), Lift 7 (3 min), Pioneer (9 min).

See Twin Trees 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.