Whiteface: What else besides the Slides?

[L2RAFO]

Originally Posted by highpeaksdrifter

Whiteface - Slides - 4/20/07

Always amazes me how photos just can't seem to convey actual steepness.

[ajl50]

Check them out when there is no snow
Looking down just to skiers left of the slides


Looking across the face towards the ski area

[L2RAFO]

http://forums.skiadk.com/viewtopic.p...ighlight=#8912

HPD's Summer shots.

[highpeaksdrifter]

Originally Posted by L2RAFO

http://forums.skiadk.com/viewtopic.p...ighlight=#8912

HPD's Summer shots.

The plan for that day was to scramble across the Slides and look for the trees marked for the new trail cuts. We didn’t go very far across because it was just too steep and we where afraid if a handhold let loose, and we started tumbling, it would be way less then good.

[highpeaksdrifter]

Originally Posted by kcyanks1

Cloudspin and Skyward in my opinion are good because they provide a lot of vertical at nice pitches, but IMO they don't have much character. I know others will strongly disagree.

I'm one who strongly disagrees. Upper Cloudspin is my favorite trail at WF or anywhere else in the east. Steep, true double fall line, snowfields, long then continue down Niagara or sharp left to Lower Sky and it's bumps, and maybe throw in a shot down Blazer's Bluff, short but the steepest trail at WF.

[highpeaksdrifter]

Originally Posted by twinplanx

A trip to Whiteface would not be complete without a run through the Tenth Mtn. Division Glade, its on the map but tricky to find/get in to. Although they do need some snow I'd say there a safer bet then the slides.

Here's a pic looking up at the Approach enterance. Unless you knew it was there you'd ski right by it.

Most people get in lower from Northway where there is a trail sign.

[twinplanx]

SWEET pics can't wait to get back there. I seem to remeber some type of hut where someone had placed a crude sign offering Glade Dog's And Glade Beer's But all I could find were some emptys that someone must have used for some KIND of pipe?

[kcyanks1]

Originally Posted by highpeaksdrifter

I'm one who strongly disagrees. Upper Cloudspin is my favorite trail at WF or anywhere else in the east. Steep, true double fall line, snowfields, long then continue down Niagara or sharp left to Lower Sky and it's bumps, and maybe throw in a shot down Blazer's Bluff, short but the steepest trail at WF.

I had you in particular in mind I like Cloudspin, but it's too wide for me too be overly crazy about it. I've only skied it a couple times though so next time I make it there I'll give another report.

[tjf67]

Originally Posted by L2RAFO

I was referring to your tree skiing comment, you can't count on that especially with the way last season started out, and your moguls at mid mountain comment, they often decide to groom everything out, so you can't count on that either.

I don't want to get any hopes up especially when I don't know the time frame of their visit.

If we dont have it open there is not much of a chance that any of the other mountains will either. Well Jay probably will.

[L2RAFO]

Originally Posted by highpeaksdrifter

Here's a pic looking up at the Approach enterance. Unless you knew it was there you'd ski right by it.

Most people get in lower from Northway where there is a trail sign.

Damn, that's embarrassing, I didn't even know about that access.