Whiteface: What else besides the Slides?

[Greg]

Originally Posted by L2RAFO

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

Indeed. Frustrating to say the least...

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

Originally Posted by kcyanks1

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.

Good idea to check it out again. I definitely prefer narrow trails, but Upper Cloudspin's double fall line and random bumps and pitches leads it to ski a lot more narrow than it looks. There are many, many lines down the Snowfields.

Also, note that the steep pitch about half-way down referred to as "Niagra" witnessed the fastest recorded speed for the men's Olympic downhill. I think the records still stands today.

[tjf67]

Just down below that picture is drops into the steepest glades on the hill. Last summer I hiked down it. There is a big slab with moss growing over it. I always wondered when I skied it why I was able to edge on it.

[PA Ridge Racer]

Why have I put off visiting this place for so long??? There is no excuse. I'm making at least one trip up there this year and I have a feeling it will become my new favorite mt.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Originally Posted by PA Ridge Racer

Why have I put off visiting this place for so long??? There is no excuse. I'm making at least one trip up there this year and I have a feeling it will become my new favorite mt.

I don't know about that...Whiteface is good but it doesn't hold a candle to Stowe and Sugarbush in terms of terrain and snowfall..

[L2RAFO]

Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich

I don't know about that...Whiteface is good but it doesn't hold a candle to Stowe and Sugarbush in terms of terrain and snowfall..

You forgot to add, "In my (humble) opinion", because I, and a number of others I expect won't agree with your statement at all.

[tjf67]

Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich

I don't know about that...Whiteface is good but it doesn't hold a candle to Stowe and Sugarbush in terms of terrain and snowfall..

That is not correct but what ever floats you grilled cheese sandwich

[Greg]

Originally Posted by tjf67

That is not correct but what ever floats you grilled cheese sandwich

Right. Based on the feedback in this thread, I think I'm going to like Whiteface less than the MRV ski areas though. I kinda prefer trails that are left a bit "wild". Not that I probably won't enjoy screaming down the steeps of Whiteface with HPD though...

[tjf67]

Originally Posted by Greg

Right. Based on the feedback in this thread, I think I'm going to like Whiteface less than the MRV ski areas though. I kinda prefer trails that are left a bit "wild". Not that I probably won't enjoy screaming down the steeps of Whiteface with HPD though...

Probably but may be not. Just make sure you come when the entire hill is open

[L2RAFO]

Originally Posted by Greg

Right. Based on the feedback in this thread, I think I'm going to like Whiteface less than the MRV ski areas though. I kinda prefer trails that are left a bit "wild". Not that I probably won't enjoy screaming down the steeps of Whiteface with HPD though...

As always, all of this stuff is subjective. I prefer Snowbird while my good friends prefer Aspen. Do I still have a great time skiing The Highlands, and hangin' in the fru-fru scene that is part of that town when I visit them, you bet. The thing that gets me is when somebody says, "I think oranges are the best, and you're out of your fruit eatin' mind to prefer apples!" Who cares; lots of tasty fruit out there, and everybody's gonna' like some of it more than others.