Edd
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You called out Ski Sundown on Alpine Zone. Be thankful you're still alive.
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You called out Ski Sundown on Alpine Zone. Be thankful you're still alive.
MadMadWorld
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Sad that some people (Greg) take a criticism of a mountain and turn it into a personal attack. Some people on this board need to get over the fact that not everyone is going to kiss Sundown's ass
Savemeasammy
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Guys.... For the record, Sundown sounds like it's a cool little mountain. Any hill that cuts a dedicated bump run is ok in my book. However, the double-diamond designation is nearly universally abused. Pats Peak, where I do much of my skiing, is as big offender of this as anyplace. However, if anyone wants to be critical of how they (Pats) rate their trails, I am not going to wave any pom-poms in their defense. It is my belief that the double diamond designation should be reserved for legit terrain like Goat and the Madonna liftline and such. Sorry to rain on your stoke thread...! Hopefully it's a great bump run and you guys enjoy it this year.
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Savemeasammy
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The drop in.
This is going to be such an awesome trail.
Sorry, but this is funny stuff.
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skiNEwhere
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What's the big deal the double back designation? Like it says on every trail map, those rating refer to only that particular resort and should not be compared to other resorts.
Ski Sundown is simply saying it's their most difficult trail.
Ski Sundown is simply saying it's their most difficult trail.
powhunter
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Saying it's not a DD and the trail has never been skied!! Rock On Haters!!
MadMadWorld
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Were you able to type that with a straight face?
Any trail that has night skiing and can be groomed should not be a double diamond.
powhunter
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Skiing that at night should elevate it to DDD
Savemeasammy
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Maybe you sundown guys are holding back some info on us? Are they planning to create a man-made cliff band across the trail with the snow guns?!
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Savemeasammy
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Hang on here - there are no personal attacks in your question. Could you please rephrase?
IMO, trail designations should be more standardized. Ski areas who hype up the difficulty of their trails are doing a genuine disservice to skiers and riders. This whole keeping-up-with-the-joneses thing has just gone way too far...
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MadMadWorld
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I could live with that. Or a man made cornice
skiNEwhere
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Hang on here - there are no personal attacks in your question. Could you please rephrase?
Who the hell are you to tell me how and what I should post???? :uzi:
Savemeasammy
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Who the hell are you to tell me how and what I should post???? :uzi:
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I'm happy to see someone finally gets it! I assumed most on this forum understood this..
MadMadWorld
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Please add more winky faces I don't read sarcasm well.
MadMadWorld
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I'm happy to see someone finally gets it! I assumed most on this forum understood this..
Man Sundown bashing really brings everyone out lol. Smell the blood in the water?
skiNEwhere
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I heard that the trail is actually rated double black "extreme terrain"
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then the majority of blacks at mad river glen should be DDDD and when it's a snow drought year they should be D^inf.
btw, I would have used DDD but satan's stairway at nite is the standard bearer.
Don't care what it is rated... Happy to have a new improved night lit designated mogul trail 20 mins from my house...the rating system is good and bad...lets you know comparatively how difficult each way down from a lift is... If you understand that it means nothing going to another mtn... U are fine... My kids have known that since they were 6 - If not, the system can be deceiving for the starter jacket wearing weekend warrior...who probably have no business on a double diamond anyway...
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