Taos, NM...

The guys at Blister are pretty stoked on it. It looks sick.

whats blister?

It's a ski gear review site.

oh shit yea they put it on the same list as Alta and Jackson...fuck yes

Taos is dope as hell. The terrain is sweet, especially west basin and kachina, because they have so many sweet cliff drops. Also, nothing thats actually fun to ski ever gets skied out, because most of the locals are gapers, but there is still a pretty sweet core group of people that can absolutely shred. The lifts are all a little old, so it does take a little longer to get to where your going, but its not that big of a deal. Their park is really not too impresive, but there are some fun rail features. The jumps are pretty cool, but you need a shit load of speed to even clear them. Taos is sick though. It's definately one of my favorite resorts ive ever skied, and you will enjoy it. You wont even realize your in New Mexico.

Taos is rad as fuck, some of the best easy chairtop hiking to some pretty fun/steep terrain. Majorly snow dependent (what mountain isn't), but with bad snow, Taos isn't nearly as fun. All in all, it's a fantastic mountain, though the park is not at all the draw, nor a major priority, but there's usually some ok features. Haven't skied there in a few years...

i suck at park and love skiing steeps so this sounds sick thanks yo

Is Taos any fun off the mountain? Good places in town for food and brew?

Not really.....Not in my opinion. I guess the spots are Alley Cantina, Eskes, OBL (Old Blinking Light)...and....fuck, I dunno. The something dog? Whatever at the base of the mountain, but that's really hit or miss. In my opinion, Taos' night life isn't much of a draw. I've heard it's fun to stay at the Abominable Snowmansion in Seco, it's a hostel, but it could also be sketchy.

If you want steep you've come to the right place.

 Taos at christmas should be decent this year. We have like a 25-30 inch base going now and a couple of storms due in the next week. If we can manage a couple more storms i'd say most of the lower front side steeps and longhorn area should be open. Hildago through two bucks should be open on highline ridge. West basin might be open to zdarsky. overall there should be a good amount of terrain open. As for powder chances if you're there a week there's a good chance 'something' will happen, could be 3 inches could be 3 feet. Either way surface conditions are usually pretty decent, its the depth of the snowpack that varies.

As far as nightlife goes, I have no idea since i drive up from ABQ on the weekends. I do know there are 2 types of people that live in taos, The extremely rich and the really poor. Also don't be fooled by the fact it is in new mexico, The town of taos can get really cold in the mornings due to temperature inversions.

do you think kachina(or however you spell it) will be open? that seems to be the best part of the mountain

Plenty of great places to eat. Not your typical ski town though. The Laughing Horse Inn is pretty fun and inexpensive:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Laughing-Horse-Inn-Taos-NM/165476083489274
I like the town of Taos a lot.

To OP. When going to Taos, one must pay extra attention in choosing underwear colors that are less likely to show brown stains.