Reviewer Reports: Taos Ski Valley, Carving Skis, All-Mountain Skis, & Luke’s 3-Day-Old Cheeseburger (Ep.290)

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4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

This week, Jonathan, Luke, Kara, Kristin, and JBobb were testing a bunch of skis, boots, snowboards, and apparel in Taos Ski Valley. But it was more than just a review trip, since it was also the first time back at TSV for several of us who previously spent many seasons there — which meant there were a lot of feelings.

So in this conversation, we discuss a number of the carving-oriented and narrower all-mountain skis we were on this week; Luke’s food choices; the heated debate between Taos’ Chair 2 (West Basin) vs Chair 12 (Kachina Peak); and more.

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We’re Back! (5:45)

The Great Debate: Taos’ Chair 2 vs. Chair 12 (11:27)

Luke’s Green-Chile Cheeseburger (25:00)

Morning Groomers & Carving Skis (30:53)

Afternoon Steeps & All-Mountain Skis (44:31)

Crashes & Close Calls: Jonathan’s Latest (1:05:54)

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0:00.0	Hey everybody and welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network. As you can tell, it's not
0:10.6	Jonathan Ellsworth and it's not Luke Kappa. You're here with Kara Williard and you can check out
0:15.3	everything we are doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com. I am recording this from the Blake Hotel at Towsky Valley,
0:23.6	where we just spent the last several days skiing with, well,
0:27.2	most of the blister team, including Luke, Jonathan, Kristen, and Justin Bob.
0:32.4	And for those that don't know,
0:34.0	blister started right here at Taos 13 years ago.
0:39.2	It happens to be where Jonathan,
0:45.4	Kristen, and myself all came together, and it's a mountain that we all love a whole lot. So,
0:51.3	for this episode, Jonathan, Luke, Kristen, and myself talk a lot about the mountain and how in our minds it compares to our now home mountain of Cresta Butte Mountain Resort.
0:55.3	We discuss some of Luke's interesting methods of fueling himself for several long days of
0:59.9	skiing and we of course are going to talk about gear. For those that would rather skip
1:04.5	along to the gear portion of this episode, check out our topics and times in the show notes
1:09.0	of this episode.
1:16.1	For this trip, we brought 42 skis along and have been skiing very long days, so we have plenty to say, including in upcoming flash reviews, which are available to our Blister Plus
1:20.9	members.
1:21.9	You can also stay tuned for Jonathan's recent crashes and close calls, story to remind you why we are so passionate about
1:28.8	our Blister Plus membership with corresponding injury insurance.
1:33.4	It's been a really fun week of skiing Touse with the Blister team, and it's been awesome to get
1:37.7	back to the mountain where it all started, and a mountain that has some truly amazing terrain.
1:43.1	Before we get going, this episode of Gear 30 is brought to you by Powderhound,
1:46.8	which is our Blister recommended shop in Girdwood, Alaska.
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