2009 Season Goals

[riverc0il]

Originally Posted by deadheadskier

Would you consider Dodge's the most 'extreme' mainstream named run on Washington?

No. Technically, not even close base on reports of others and my observations. But a lot depends on conditions and snow setup as various runs can be worse than others at different times of the year and depending upon snow depth and fill in.

[deadheadskier]

Originally Posted by riverc0il

No. Technically, not even close base on reports of others and my observations. But a lot depends on conditions and snow setup as various runs can be worse than others at different times of the year and depending upon snow depth and fill in.

conditions aside, what line would you think would get the most votes? What's the most difficult/technical you've personally skied?

[riverc0il]

Originally Posted by deadheadskier

conditions aside, what line would you think would get the most votes? What's the most difficult/technical you've personally skied?

Personally, the steepest I have skied has been The Lip but that is hardly technical aside from being steep. July 1st skiing and worrying about falling off a 10 foot drop onto rocks or not falling under the snow arch is about as technical as I have gotten on Washington. The climbs up have been more technical than the ski down for me.

In the Tuckerman area, Duchess and Empress are two runs that look pretty darned technical and the entire center headwall and icefall area of the headwall with its mandatory airs dropping into 50+ degree slopes is more technical than I care for at this point. There is lots of stuff in Huntington that was skiable this year that looked rather technical. Whatever would get the most votes certainly wouldn't be getting votes from the most experience. Not sure if people would consider Pipeline to be Washington since it is really off of Clay but the GG area also has some technical stuff. I haven't really gotten into the really technical stuff so I am not the best judge. I do know though that some of these runs I have looked at and shaked my head "not yet"

[drjeff]

I'll just go with my standard seasonal goals for next year

1) Run in the Hartford 1/2 Marathon in mid October (that will generally assure me that I'll be in 1/2 decent shape for ski season)

2) 40 Days (I had 51 this past year)

3) Ski on every day of the week (means I've taken atleast 1 full week of vacation)

[Greg]

• Get Abby to continue to advance with her skiing.
• Get my second born out on skis in spring of 2009 after she turns 3.
• Ski with my wife more.
• Log 40 days.
• Improve in the bumps.
• Consistently nail a twister-spread.
• Be competitive in both Sundown bump comps.
• Take a Mogul Logic clinic with Babic at Sugarbush.
• Ski MRG a few times.
• Get to Whiteface.
• Return to Sugarloaf?

[Grassi21]

My goal is to participate in the 2009 bump comp at Sundown so Greg, bvibert, and MrEvil will stop picking on me.

[deadheadskier]

Originally Posted by riverc0il

There is lots of stuff in Huntington that was skiable this year that looked rather technical.

Yeah, I've heard Huntington is much more hardcore than Tux. In additional to the technical aspects of some of the runs, I'd imagine the greater danger is there are fewer people over there to assist if you got yourself into trouble. No idea when the below photo was taken, but it looks like theres a few top to bottom chutes in there that I couldn't even dream about skiing.

[mondeo]

Originally Posted by Greg

• Take a Mogul Logic clinic with Babic at Sugarbush.

That's a planned activity, not just a goal, for me.

[andyzee]

Originally Posted by deadheadskier

Yeah, I've heard Huntington is much more hardcore than Tux. In additional to the technical aspects of some of the runs, I'd imagine the greater danger is there are fewer people over there to assist if you got yourself into trouble. No idea when the below photo was taken, but it looks like theres a few top to bottom chutes in there that I couldn't even dream about skiing.

The Great Gulf has some interesting terrain. This is from 5/26/2007:

[awf170]

70 days again. Might be tough with 19 credits next semester.
Chics Chocs again. Probably only one trip though.

That's about it except for Mt. Washington lines.

• Dodges
• All of Duchess (only did bottom half)
• Dead end gully
• Central (only did the bottom 2/3rds)
• Diagonal