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Wild West Glade at Taos Ski Valley

Expert · 2248 m long with 448 m of vertical, averaging 11° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
2248 mlength
448 mvertical
3528 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Wild West Glade is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

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

How to get to Wild West Glade

Lifts that reach the top: Lift 8 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lift 1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lift 7A (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lift 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Kachina Peak Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Lift 1
  2. Ski High Five (easy)
  3. Ski Powderhorn Bowl (intermediate)
  4. Ski Powerderhorn (intermediate)
  5. Ski White Feather (easy)
  6. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  7. Ski Wild West Glade (expert)

Where it ends

Joins West Basin Ridge. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lift 8 (4 min), Rueggli (8 min), Gondolita (8 min).

See Wild West Glade 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.