Whiteface Mountain 3/17 - 3//18

catskills · Mar 19, 2007, 9:57 AM

Date(s) Skied: 3/17/2007 and 3/18/2007

Resort or Ski Area: Whiteface Mountain

Conditions: Powder

Weather:
20 degrees F
Friday Night 12+ Inches of dry powder
Saturday: Snow flurries all day and overcast
Satruday Night: another couple inches
Sunday: morning overcast/ afternoon sunny

Trip Report: Awesome powder in the mornings both days. Last time I skied Whiteface was 1973 in blue jeans, minus 10 F degrees, and wind. They must have powder all the time here at Whiteface. I got to ski here more often.

ajl50 · Mar 19, 2007, 1:06 PM

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Originally Posted by catskills

They must have powder all the time here at Whiteface. I got to ski here more often.

Nope. Never. Nobody should ski there. It is called iceface for a reason. They actually rent ice skates there for the rougher days.

catskills · Mar 19, 2007, 2:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ajl50

Nope. Never. Nobody should ski there. It is called iceface for a reason. They actually rent ice skates there for the rougher days.

Yeah but this weekend the conditions at Whiteface were epic. Where else on the East coast can you ski 3100+ continuous vertical feet? Anyway it was a great powder weekend at Whiteface.

highpeaksdrifter · Mar 20, 2007, 11:05 AM

The best part of the weekend was when the sun came out and the wind died down Sunday afternoon. We kept doing Upper Cloudspin to Niagara or Lower Skyward. Pow shots everywhere. I'd have some great pics, but my buddy's camera fell out of his pocket and is buried somewhere on the mountain.

ajl50 · Mar 20, 2007, 9:23 PM

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Originally Posted by catskills

Yeah but this weekend the conditions at Whiteface were epic. Where else on the East coast can you ski 3100+ continuous vertical feet? Anyway it was a great powder weekend at Whiteface.

wasn't serious.
use Search funciton and see my deep affection for whiteface.
Greatest mountain in the east and one of the hardest in the country.

AdironRider · Mar 20, 2007, 9:29 PM

Whiteface is truely awesome and Im super bummed I missed out on the dry fluffy stuff. Cannon on Sat was pure wet cement. Whiteface has had a damn good season this year, best in my 4 years of being a passholder, but the winter of 04-05 was freakin awful. Since then In the last three years major improvements have been made , and the new expansion will be the icing on the cake.

I will say though that now that Ive made it out west, its opened my eyes up to just how easy eastern mtns can really ski. Blue squares here at JHole are steeper than Skyward/niagra/you name it, I kid you not.

catskills · Mar 21, 2007, 7:05 AM

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Originally Posted by AdironRider

I will say though that now that Ive made it out west, its opened my eyes up to just how easy eastern mtns can really ski. Blue squares here at JHole are steeper than Skyward/niagra/you name it, I kid you not.

I will just add that a couple of feet of powder can make even JH's Alta 2 look easy. Skiing east coast iHard Pack conditions can be every bit as challenging as JH. When the snow is good it don't mater where you are as long as your not at work.

Whiteface is a great mountain.

I just wish NY State would lease state park land in the Catskills and Dacks to ski areas. With all the mountains in NY state its a shame NY state only has 2 ski areas with vertical over 2000 feet and those are both run by the state/ORDA. But then this has already been discussed.

skifastr · Mar 21, 2007, 4:22 PM

have the Slides at Whiteface been open lately?

highpeaksdrifter · Mar 21, 2007, 6:59 PM

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Originally Posted by skifastr

have the Slides at Whiteface been open lately?

No, not this season. Ski patrol has been in there several times to check nothing yet though.

2knees · Mar 21, 2007, 7:52 PM

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Originally Posted by highpeaksdrifter

No, not this season. Ski patrol has been in there several times to check nothing yet though.

damn, how much snow does it take to open them? Or did the high winds with the 2 big storms scour them.

Mar 19, 2007, 9:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
catskills Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 462	Whiteface Mountain 3/17 - 3//18 Date(s) Skied: 3/17/2007 and 3/18/2007 Resort or Ski Area: Whiteface Mountain Conditions: Powder Weather: 20 degrees F Friday Night 12+ Inches of dry powder Saturday: Snow flurries all day and overcast Satruday Night: another couple inches Sunday: morning overcast/ afternoon sunny Trip Report: Awesome powder in the mornings both days. Last time I skied Whiteface was 1973 in blue jeans, minus 10 F degrees, and wind. They must have powder all the time here at Whiteface. I got to ski here more often.

Mar 20, 2007, 9:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
AdironRider Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 828	Whiteface is truely awesome and Im super bummed I missed out on the dry fluffy stuff. Cannon on Sat was pure wet cement. Whiteface has had a damn good season this year, best in my 4 years of being a passholder, but the winter of 04-05 was freakin awful. Since then In the last three years major improvements have been made , and the new expansion will be the icing on the cake. I will say though that now that Ive made it out west, its opened my eyes up to just how easy eastern mtns can really ski. Blue squares here at JHole are steeper than Skyward/niagra/you name it, I kid you not. __________________ Live Free or Die 104 DAYS! wOO - The Executive Club

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Mar 20, 2007, 11:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
highpeaksdrifter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Warming Earth Posts: 3,313	The best part of the weekend was when the sun came out and the wind died down Sunday afternoon. We kept doing Upper Cloudspin to Niagara or Lower Skyward. Pow shots everywhere. I'd have some great pics, but my buddy's camera fell out of his pocket and is buried somewhere on the mountain.

Mar 21, 2007, 4:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
skifastr Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Westford, MA Posts: 66	have the Slides at Whiteface been open lately?