At 7:33 on a Monday morning, a fare-free Blue Bus leaves the Taos Visitors Center for the Taos Ski Valley Guest Drop-off. It reaches Arroyo Seco 35 minutes later and pulls in at the base at 8:30. Last winter there was no Monday bus. Route 341 TSV Green ran Wednesday through Sunday from Dec. 20, 2025, to March 22, 2026, and the North Central Regional Transit District described it as winter service that "typically runs December through March."
That changed on Saturday, Nov. 7. In its November 2026 service changes, NCRTD moved the 341 to "year-round service, operating 365 days a year," holidays included. Year-round sounds like more bus, and across a full week it is. The trips also moved to different days. Anyone who rode up on a Wednesday or Thursday last winter now has fewer buses to choose from.
Forty trips a week, spread out differently
Last winter's timetable had seven trips in each direction on each of its five service days. That came to 35 trips up the mountain per week. The new 341 schedule has four trips each way Monday through Thursday and eight each way Friday through Sunday, which comes to 40.
| Day |
Winter 2025–26 trips up |
From Nov. 7, 2026 trips up |
Change |
| Monday |
0 |
4 |
+4 |
| Tuesday |
0 |
4 |
+4 |
| Wednesday |
7 |
4 |
−3 |
| Thursday |
7 |
4 |
−3 |
| Friday |
7 |
8 |
+1 |
| Saturday |
7 |
8 |
+1 |
| Sunday |
7 |
8 |
+1 |
| Week |
35 |
40 |
+5 |
The same numbers apply in the other direction, down from the Guest Drop-off. So the five added trips aren't spread evenly. Monday and Tuesday go from nothing to a basic schedule. Weekends get one more trip per day. Wednesday and Thursday each lose three.
Monday through Thursday, four buses each way
On weekdays the schedule has two morning buses, one at midday and one in the afternoon. These are the times at the two ends of the route and at Arroyo Seco:
| Weekday trip |
Leaves Taos Visitors Center |
Arroyo Seco |
Arrives TSV Guest Drop-off |
Leaves TSV Guest Drop-off |
Arroyo Seco |
Arrives Taos Visitors Center |
| 1 |
7:33 a.m. |
8:08 |
8:30 |
8:48 a.m. |
9:06 |
9:41 |
| 2 |
9:48 a.m. |
10:23 |
10:45 |
11:03 a.m. |
11:21 |
11:56 |
| 3 |
12:03 p.m. |
12:38 |
1:00 |
1:18 p.m. |
1:36 |
2:11 |
| 4 |
3:33 p.m. |
4:08 |
4:30 |
4:48 p.m. |
5:06 |
5:41 |
The longest wait on a weekday falls in the afternoon. From the 1:18 p.m. departure to the 4:48 p.m. departure, no bus leaves the ski valley for three and a half hours. If you ride up from town at 7:33 a.m., you can come back on any of the four buses. If you stay past lunch, though, the 1:18 or the 4:48 are your only choices.
The schedule works differently for someone starting at the top. A trip into Taos on the 8:48 a.m. bus gets to the Visitors Center at 9:41. The next ride back up leaves at 12:03 p.m. and reaches the Guest Drop-off at 1:00. That gives you a little over two hours in town. Otherwise you wait for the 3:33 p.m. bus and spend most of the day there.
Last winter's Wednesday and Thursday schedule had more choices in the afternoon. Buses left the ski valley at 1:10, 4:10 and 4:40. Now the last weekday bus leaves eight minutes later, at 4:48, but there is no 4:10 bus before it.
Weekends run almost every hour and finish an hour later
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, each weekday departure has a second bus about an hour behind it. Buses leave the Taos Visitors Center at 7:33, 8:33, 9:48 and 10:48 a.m., and at 12:03, 1:03, 3:33 and 4:33 p.m. They leave the Guest Drop-off at 8:48, 9:48, 11:03 a.m., 12:03, 1:18, 2:18, 4:48 and 5:48 p.m.
The 5:48 p.m. bus down is new. Last winter the last bus left the ski valley at 4:40 p.m., so weekend riders now have about an hour more at the top. The 5:48 bus gets to Arroyo Seco at 6:06 and to the Taos Visitors Center at 6:41. On the way up, the 4:33 p.m. bus from town reaches the Guest Drop-off at 5:30. If you work an evening shift at the base or have a late dinner reservation up the road, the 4:33 is the latest bus that gets you there. Every trip later in the evening is by car.
Where the bus stops now
The route was also changed at both ends and in the middle.
- The first stop in town is the Taos Visitors Center. Last winter the first northbound stop was Paseo del Pueblo Sur & Chamisa Rd at the Sagebrush Inn, with the next stop at Roy Rd. The new timetable starts at the Visitors Center and stops at Paseo del Pueblo & Camino de la Merced, Paseo del Pueblo Sur & Cervantes St, Civic Plaza Dr & Camino de la Placita and Paseo del Pueblo Norte & Brooks Street before it heads north.
- The Arroyo Seco stop is now on the highway. Stop #512 at the Arroyo Seco Community Center has closed. Northbound and southbound buses now stop on NM-150 in front of the Community Center. The timetable still lists the stop as Arroyo Seco Community Center, but the bus doesn't pull into the lot anymore.
- The NM-150 & NM-230 stop is gone. Last winter's timetable had a stop at that intersection in both directions. On the new schedule, the next stop after Arroyo Seco is the Guest Drop-off.
- Columbine Inn is on the way down only. Southbound buses stop there five minutes after leaving the Guest Drop-off, and the stop isn't listed for northbound trips.
- The KTAOS Solar Center is still the park-and-ride. Buses stop at NM-150 & US-64 at the KTAOS Solar Center in both directions. When the winter route started last December, The Taos News reported that riders who don't live along the route could get to that lot on the MyBlue rideshare service for $1 per trip.
The 340 Chile Line, which carries in-town riders, changed on the same date. With two new 35-foot buses, it no longer stops at the Taos County Administration Building. It now stops at Paseo del Pueblo Sur & Albright St and at the Taos Pueblo Senior Center. The Taos Mountain Casino stop moved to the south end of that parking lot, and the Holy Cross Hospital stop moved to Weimer Rd. The 341 also dropped its Taos County Administration Building stop. If you used to switch between the two routes at that building, check the new stops before you count on a transfer.
Three weeks of bus before the first chair
The resort opens on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026, according to Taos Ski Valley's September announcement. The bus has been running since Nov. 7, so it serves the ski valley for nearly three weeks before the lifts open. Last winter it started Dec. 20. These dates on the calendar ahead affect the bus:
- Thursday, Nov. 26. Opening day falls on a Thursday, which means the weekday schedule applies. Four buses go up, and the last bus down leaves at 4:48 p.m.
- Friday, Nov. 27. Some routes run reduced holiday schedules on the day after Thanksgiving. The 341 keeps its regular schedule, the full Friday one, while the 340 Chile Line runs from 7:39 a.m. to 6:13 p.m.
- Dec. 13–19. The first of the resort's new Early Season Ski Weeks runs these dates, and the second runs Jan. 3–9, 2027.
- Thursday, Dec. 24. The 341 runs its regular Thursday schedule on Christmas Eve, and the Chile Line runs its modified holiday hours.
- Thursday, Dec. 31. The resort is adding a Winter Market this year, held with its annual New Year's Eve fireworks. December 31 is a Thursday, so the last 341 down that day leaves the Guest Drop-off at 4:48 p.m.
- Sunday, April 4, 2027. This is the last day of the ski season on the resort's season-information page. Last year the bus would have stopped running around this time of spring. On Monday, April 5, the 7:33 a.m. bus will leave the Taos Visitors Center as usual and reach the Guest Drop-off at 8:30.
If someone in your household rides the 341 or a guest is counting on it, we're glad to help you plan around these times. Debbie Friday Jagers has lived in Taos her whole life and follows what changes up and down NM-150, from bus stops to openings at the base. Let's connect about the ski valley calendar or a free home valuation.
