Jcb890
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Do we have any nice wide-open glades/tree runs at New England mountains? We might, I haven't found any... I would love to though!
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Mount Snow says they cleared a bunch of new woods.
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Smellytele
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Probably some of the stuff at Bretton Woods. I don't have a ton of experience with their trees as the times I've skied there have been early and late season. I do recall seeing some pretty wide open glades there.
Jcb890
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I've never been but an old co-worker was always trying to get me to go there. Its a shame NH lift tickets seem tough to get good deals on.
I agree. That's the primary reason I've never skied there mid season
bdfreetuna
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Timbuktu and Beaver Pond @ Jay
Semi Tough Woods @ Mt Ellen
some of the stuff at Killington is fairly wide
Poma Woods @ Pico
Doug's @ Bolton
Avalanche @ Bromley
just a few off the top of my head... actually Magic has a couple wider woods areas too
Jully
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I second Pico for sure. Oz at SR as well (if that can be defined as tree skiing). It was designed mimic a 'western' style if I'm not mistaken.
Oz is perhaps the single biggest travesty in trail design in New England. That or Dipper or Ovation at Killington. Ovation would have been great as two narrow trails with glades in-between
bdfreetuna
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I like lower Ovation.. one of the steepest groomed pitches. The top part is usually only half groomed and the other half is windblown death cookies, so that's kind of a waste.
To add to the list, though not New England proper, nor have I skied it myself, but Sugar Valley Glades at Whiteface looked like a wide open and lengthy one based on the map and YouTube footage.
And Brackett Basin at Sugarloaf fits the bill for sure.
To add to the list, though not New England proper, nor have I skied it myself, but Sugar Valley Glades at Whiteface looked like a wide open and lengthy one based on the map and YouTube footage.
And Brackett Basin at Sugarloaf fits the bill for sure.
bdfreetuna
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That's kind of my point. It's seldom good wall to wall. Skiers right is often a mess. If you had two trails with trees in-between acting as a wind break I bet overall the terrain would ski better.
Kinda like what they are/were doing with Freefall at Smuggs. It's been a while since I've skied it but last time there was an island of brush they were letting grow in the center of the headwall.
Freefall isn't open all that often but when it is open and in prime condition....... OMG (excuse my drool)! When the snow is good, I'll argue that Smuggs has far and away the best lift accessed terrain in New England!
dlague
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We generally skied Bretton Woods on Sunday afternoon for $25 because my brother in law lives in Coos County. That and The Ride and Ski Card had a tour stop there as well.
As far as wide open glades - Bretton Woods definitely has them. Low angle for many but not all. Others that come to mind are Jay Peak, Saddleback, Sugarbush, Owls Head, Cannon has a few, Ragged, Crotched, Pats, and if I think harder there are others, oh Magic.
dlague
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Can't argue about the terrain but when the snow is good the darn lift line are good too - good and long.
They do have a great value proposition with the lift ticket be considerably less than others in that area. Can say the same about Jay and Burke.
machski
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Oz is a mismatch, the original trails are a disaster (other than Ruby Palace) but Poppy Fields is how it should have been done. Wide open trees at SR include Blind Ambition, Yettiville, Flying Monkey and Last Tango.
Not heart pumping obviously, but second the Bretton Woods mention. If you are trying to get an intermediate comfortable in the trees before a trip to Steamboat for example, the BW trees are some of the best for introducing a newb to that side of the sport.
slatham
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Re: Magic I'd argue all the glades are pretty tight and not wide open. However, Twilight Zone and Goniff would likely qualify. They look like trails on the map but are heavily treed - so much so that on Google maps they're hard to find.
Smellytele
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Not sure what everyone's definition of tight is but most woods I skied at Magic weren't what I consider tight. When I think tight I think skiing down the stream bed off of Pole cat at Wildcat or some of the top glades at Cannon (global warming glade for example)
bdfreetuna
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Ya I wasn't meaning "wide" as in low tree density. I meant wide as in you can literally traverse across the mountain for a while and still be in the glade. As opposed to some narrow singletrack thing.
Magic woods generally have some of the most tree density I've seen anywhere with a couple exceptions.
Magic woods generally have some of the most tree density I've seen anywhere with a couple exceptions.
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