Least Favorite Trail

[bdfreetuna]

Double Dipper at killington. Not for what the trail is so much as for what they could've done instead of paving a superhighway down the canyon.

Good call.



My least favorite at Killington is Mouse Trap. The whole right side of the trail (going down) is shrubs and sticks coming up through the snow, even if it's relatively deep. They need to take a hedge trimmer to that sh*t. And so many trails funnel into Mouse Trap, it's hard to avoid. It's hard to carve or catch a good edge on a field of sticks.

[Puck it]

Good call.

My least favorite at Killington is Mouse Trap. The whole right side of the trail (going down) is shrubs and sticks coming up through the snow, even if it's relatively deep. They need to take a hedge trimmer to that sh*t. And so many trails funnel into Mouse Trap, it's hard to avoid. It's hard to carve or catch a good edge on a field of sticks.

At Mach speed, I would guess.

[bdfreetuna]

It's not a good trail for going fast. Crowded, short, and did I mention the field of sticks? I've probably only hit 75mph on that one :P

[Nick]

It's not a good trail for going fast. Crowded, short, and did I mention the field of sticks? I've probably only hit 75mph on that one :P

Just 75??

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[bdfreetuna]

Yeah there was a pretty strong head wind. Slowed me down a lot.

[steamboat1]

Good call.

My least favorite at Killington is Mouse Trap. The whole right side of the trail (going down) is shrubs and sticks coming up through the snow, even if it's relatively deep. They need to take a hedge trimmer to that sh*t. It's hard to carve or catch a good edge on a field of sticks.

Funny that's exactly what I like about Pipeline over in South Ridge.

[drjeff]

It's not a good trail for going fast. Crowded, short, and did I mention the field of sticks? I've probably only hit 75mph on that one :P

Sticky spring snow that day?

[SIKSKIER]

Ideally, they just need to cut a less steep route down to Middle Ravine and it would solve the problem. They really only gained one more trail by ending the Peabody where it ends currently (Middle Cannon -- Bypass was originally not an option thought that has changed but who actually wants to ski Bypass? It is worse than the Links). They could have widened Spookie for increased traffic with the old position and also added a new liftline trail (well, at least officially) as the line would have been cut substantially wider. There are ways that they could have made the old lift line work just fine if not better than the current design.

Again,riv is spot on.Bypass is the only trail that was gained by moving the lift and in the process screwwing up by effectivly shortening Upper Cannon and Tramway and Vistaway.Those runs for me are finished just above the unload now.The rest of the vert is survival.The old links were so much fun but that was all demolished to support the large increase in skiers unloading in that area.Middle Cannon also use to have an entrance higher than Spookie.It was called the Goat Path and located hard right after coming out of Easy Link.Very little gain and a huge loss relocating.Also,the old unload had a perfect secluded unload area totally away from any traffic.I can go on and on with how much Middle Cannon has changed for the bad and it being disconnected from Upper.

[arik]

deer run/long john at mount snow

too crowded with too many of varying abilities (and varying speed)

[Puck it]

Again,riv is spot on.Bypass is the only trail that was gained by moving the lift and in the process screwwing up by effectivly shortening Upper Cannon and Tramway and Vistaway.Those runs for me are finished just above the unload now.The rest of the vert is survival.The old links were so much fun but that was all demolished to support the large increase in skiers unloading in that area.Middle Cannon also use to have an entrance higher than Spookie.It was called the Goat Path and located hard right after coming out of Easy Link.Very little gain and a huge loss relocating.Also,the old unload had a perfect secluded unload area totally away from any traffic.I can go on and on with how much Middle Cannon has changed for the bad and it being disconnected from Upper.

Bypass is on this map from 1992, no goat path until 1998.


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