Best/Worst Ski Trail Names

freeski · Feb 16, 2015

When you hear a trail name it can add to the prestige of a trail. It's nice when great trails have names that do them justice.

Best trail names:
Hardscrabble, Cannon
Avalanche, Cannon
Vista Way, Cannon
Shockwave, Sunday River
White Heat, Sunday River
All Logging related, Sugarloaf
Goat, Stowe
Ovation, Killington
Squeeze Play, Killington

Worst trail names
Top Gun, Sunday River
Risky Business, Sunday River
The Space themed trails, Killington

Do you have any favorites? Any that suck?

Puck it · Feb 16, 2015

All of the upper glades at Cannon. They just suck.

legalskier · Feb 16, 2015

canobie#1 · Feb 16, 2015

best:
Devil's Fiddle- Killington
Outer Limmits- Killington
Bear Down - Stratton
Angle Street- Loon
Avenger- Attitash
Middle Earth- Sugarbush
Dudley-Do-Right- Mt. Abram

Worst:
Boom Run- Loon
Upper mountain glades of Cannon
Fanny Hill - Bolton Valley

freeski · Feb 16, 2015

Can't believe I forgot Devil's Fiddle. What a fitting name. Yea Angel Street is a neat name. Yep, not much thought given to the upper Cannon Glades.

steamboat1 · Feb 16, 2015

Just a few quick ones

Black Hole - Smuggs
Rumble - Sugarbush
Giant Killer - Pico
Down Draft - Killington
Royal Flush/TheThrone/Toilet Bowl - Killington

Edd · Feb 17, 2015

Sis Boom Bah - Jay Peak

Check out the list at Saddleback. Some doozies in there.

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benski · Feb 17, 2015

Favorite
rumble at sugarbush

Least favorite.
Cruiser and which way at sugarbush.

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ScottySkis · Feb 17, 2015

Clairs and Blockbuster video lol.

deadheadskier · Feb 17, 2015

Bubblecuffer at Sugarloaf is probably my favorite.

skiMEbike · Feb 17, 2015

Edd said:
Sis Boom Bah - Jay Peak

Check out the list at Saddleback. Some doozies in there.

These are all fishing related....Names of fishing lures, flies, etc...

deadheadskier said:
Bubblecuffer at Sugarloaf is probably my favorite.

+1...Added bonus it just so happens to be my favorite trail.

freeski · Feb 17, 2015

When you find a trail at Sugarloaf that is not logging related often it turns out to be logging related. A bubblecuffer is a guy who rode on the logs as they were moving them down the river. I wonder what OSHA would have to say about that job today. Yea, the fishing related trails at Saddleback are cool in the same way. It really adds a lot to the ski area.

Others, I always liked Zephyr at Pat's Peak and for some odd reason Who-Ville at Sunday River.

deadheadskier · Feb 17, 2015

Most of the time, I enjoy when a ski area has a theme to their trail names

Wildcat - cat related
Sugarloaf - logging
Saddleback - fishing
Mt. Abram - Rocky and Bullwinkle (Boris Badenov might be my second favorite trail name behind Bubblecuffer)
Crotched - galaxy themed
Magic - magic themed

freeski · Feb 17, 2015

King Ridge, Alice in Wonderland theme. Helped with the family kid friendly marketing. I think I remember Madhatter and Humpty Dumpty images painted in the lodge. Both are still active ski blogging.

xwhaler · Feb 17, 2015

Other themed areas I can think of quickly:
Pats Peak-Wind/Weather
Black of ME-Rivers in Maine
Pico-Western/Mining theme (though only most of the trails have this theme)
Dartmouth Skiway-Ivy League/Collegiate/Famous Dartmouth people
Whaleback=Whaling terminology
Gunstock-Guns

Scruffy · Feb 17, 2015

deadheadskier said:
Most of the time, I enjoy when a ski area has a theme to their trail names

Wildcat - cat related
Sugarloaf - logging
Saddleback - fishing
Mt. Abram - Rocky and Bullwinkle (Boris Badenov might be my second favorite trail name behind Bubblecuffer)
Crotched - galaxy themed
Magic - magic themed

Yeah, it's fun, except Hunter, using NYC names for it's trails. Guess they knew who their target audience was ( not that there's anything wrong with NYC, or it's people, I just feel a mountain trail system should have mountain names - like Annapurna )

Worst at Hunter -
Belt Parkway
Eastside Drive
Broad Way
Gun Hill
Eisenhower drive

C-Rex · Feb 17, 2015

Satan's Stairway

Can't believe that one wasn't mentioned yet. I agree with Bubblecuffer, great name.

Timbuktu
+1 for Glory Hole, LOLZ
Black Hole

I hate lazy names, like East Glade or Upper Glades. Come on, put in an effort.

SIKSKIER · Feb 17, 2015

Two Sugarloaf favorites:White Nitro and Misery Whip.

Abominable · Feb 17, 2015

xwhaler said:
Other themed areas I can think of quickly:
Pats Peak-Wind/Weather
Black of ME-Rivers in Maine
Pico-Western/Mining theme (though only most of the trails have this theme)
Dartmouth Skiway-Ivy League/Collegiate/Famous Dartmouth people
Whaleback=Whaling terminology
Gunstock-Guns

Camden Snow Bowl - I'm sailing!

skiMEbike · Feb 17, 2015

SIKSKIER said:
Two Sugarloaf favorites:White Nitro and Misery Whip.

To many old timers at Sugarloaf, White Nitro will always be known as Wedge Extension & Upper Wedge...It's kind of to bad they didn't keep it that way, but the marketing wars with Sunday River in the late 80's/early 90's led to the changing of the name to White Nitro.

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