Least Favorite Trail

[ceo]

Second on Big Link. Nearly always a hockey rink even by Cannon standards.
I'll add West Mountain Crosscut at Sugarloaf. Ought to be a cross-country trail. Try it with a tired and cranky 7-year-old for extra lack of fun.

[riverc0il]

The Links at Cannon are terrible! There are bad trails that are avoidable and then there are critical junction trails you can't avoid. The Links are the latter. Hard to ski a full day at Cannon without skiing the links at least once (particularly if the Tram isn't running). It is unfortunate that the HSQ didn't just follow the old double lift line. The new cut destroyed some character of the trails and all we gained was being able to ski Middle Cannon or Bypass. Spookie accesses everything below these two trails. And who willfully wants to ski Bypass?

[thetrailboss]

Probably been said, but Deathspout at Sugarbush (Downspout). It's the only way down early season and gets way too much traffic. Icy in one hour or so. Ugh.

[thetrailboss]

Pretty much any trail at Middlebury Snow Bowl.

Why say that? In a good season the 'Bowl has some good old school terrain and never a crowd.

[steamboat1]

Why say that? In a good season the 'Bowl has some good old school terrain and never a crowd.

Well maybe I spent far, far to much time there in my youth.

[kickstand]

There are bad trails that are avoidable and then there are critical junction trails you can't avoid.

Like ClusterF*** Corner at Sunday River....

For those of you not familiar with it, it is where T2, Upper Sunday Punch and Ecstasy all come together and filter into Middle Sunday Punch, Monday Mourning and Cascades, arguably 6 of the 10-15 most popular/high-traffic trails on the mountain. It gets skied off by about 10am. It is truly a place where people of all abilities come together, for better or worse.

[SIKSKIER]

The Links at Cannon are terrible! There are bad trails that are avoidable and then there are critical junction trails you can't avoid. The Links are the latter. Hard to ski a full day at Cannon without skiing the links at least once (particularly if the Tram isn't running). It is unfortunate that the HSQ didn't just follow the old double lift line. The new cut destroyed some character of the trails and all we gained was being able to ski Middle Cannon or Bypass. Spookie accesses everything below these two trails. And who willfully wants to ski Bypass?

Dead spot on Steve.Couldn't have said it better.Totally changed the way the Tramway side skied forever.The old Middle Cannon has no resemblence to the current one and the old Big link is totally trashed now.Upper Cannon ends so much earlier than it used to.I find I don't ski that side as much because the abrupt end to the flow of the run at the detach unload.Don't get me started on Profile.And no,I will not call it Cannonball.

[Watatic Skier]

Like ClusterF*** Corner at Sunday River....



For those of you not familiar with it, it is where T2, Upper Sunday Punch and Ecstasy all come together and filter into Middle Sunday Punch, Monday Mourning and Cascades, arguably 6 of the 10-15 most popular/high-traffic trails on the mountain. It gets skied off by about 10am. It is truly a place where people of all abilities come together, for better or worse.

I really hate that junction, however it doesn't even compare to the junction above the Spruce Triple. Loads of people coming down from the Chondola, Lazy River, and pretty much everything to the west all funneling down onto Tourist trap.

[deadheadskier]

Tourist Trap is definitely equally as bad. Maybe not conditions wise, but crowd wise for sure. Where it's probably worse is there is a far greater percentage of novice skiers who probably intended to stay over more on South Ridge proper, but get stuck in the cross hairs of people speeding for Barker.

[deadheadskier]

Not a lot of Okemo skiers here, but I'll throw my vote in for Lower Arrow. Damn nasty funnel trail.