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Good New England Bump Runs

dlague

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All the bump talk got me thinking about bump runs that I have skied back east. Outer Limits seemed to be the most intimidating for me - just seemed long. But the list below are some that I recall not that they are always bumped but i have been on them when they have been. Now I know there are other serious bump runs that I did not list like some of the lift line trails (I am not much of a "under the lift line skier"). These are some of my favorites.

There are a boat load of others, but the idea of limited bump runs in the Northeast does not seem right. There are several on this list that wopuld even be good for intermediates. What are some of your favorites?

Killington
Outer Limits
Superstar (best in the Spring)
Sugarbush
Steins (best in the Spring)
Organgrinder
Ripcord (best in the Spring)
Cannon First three are often good season long but really nice in the spring
Zoomer
Paulie’s
Avalanche
Upper Hardscrabble
Pats
Hurricane (Actually pretty challenging for a smaller ski area due to bump irregularity)
Magic
Goniff Glades (favorit run at Magic)
Magician
Red line
Okemo These are narrower runs that are fun
Vortex,
White Lightening
Upper Limelight
Jay Peak
The Jet (Nice spring run)
U.N.
Kitzbuehel
CanAm (nice classic bump run)
Bolton
Lost Boyz
Spell Binder
Waterville
Bobby's Run
Ragged
Sweepstakes
Birch

There are others at Stowe, Smuggs, Burke (in the woods) but the names escape me. Gunstock? Mount Snow?
 

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Ripcord is barely a bump run. There are only bumps directly under the lift. I would say Spilsville at Sugarbush is the best there.
 

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Dave, we need to talk. You move out west and do more posting here than when you did during shitty times in the east.

I expect more skiing pics!
 

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Stowe:
Star
Goat
National
Lookout
Centerline
Gulch

Sugarbush:
Paridise
Castle Rock

MRG:
bumps are everywhere

Hunter:
Lower K27
Upper Crossover

Killington:
Devils Fiddle
 

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I feel like a lot of those runs are groomed a lot in winter.

I like the bumps on upper wildcat
Bubblecuffer
underneath the Jordan quad
Vertigo at K
hotshot at gunstock
some of the lower angle stuff at Bretton woods for practicing


so are a few that were not mentioned that I've liked.
 

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I like the narrow ones but these are my favs, in some cases they're the toughest runs in other cases just more unique and fun.

MRG - Fall Line , Lower Antelope , Lynx
Bolton - Preacher, TNT, Bolton Outlaw, Upper Tattletale, Vermont 200
Sugarbush - Rumble, Paradise
Mt Ellen - Upper FIS, Bravo, Tumbler, Exterminator
Killington - Old Superstar, North Star, Royal Flush, The Jug, Devil's Fiddle
Pico - Upper Giant Killer, Summit Glade
Mount Snow - Bear Trap
Bromley - Havoc, Pabst Peril
Magic - Goniff Glade, Slide of Hans
Jay Peak - Kitzbuhel, Power Line
Stowe - Starr, Chin Clip, Upper Smugglers
Burke - East Bowl (when it's not groomed), Wilderness/Powderhorn

Saddleback - Golden Smelt
 
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Sugarbush - Middle Earth, Twist, Moonshine, Tumbler, Semi-Tough (this one can be a fun intermediate bump run at ME when there's enough snow), Lower Domino (another fun mellow bump run).
 

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Depends on your fancy. Not a ton of trails mentioned offer up consistent bumps all season long, year after year.

Madmadworld saw a few examples that folks have said like runs at Mount Ellen, Centerline/Chin Clip at Stowe, and Chute at MRG are some of Madmadworld's favorites.

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Depends on your fancy. Not a ton of trails mentioned offer up consistent bumps all season long, year after year.

Madmadworld saw a few examples that folks have said like runs at Mount Ellen, Centerline/Chin Clip at Stowe, and Chute at MRG are some of Madmadworld's favorites.

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Surprised for Sugarbush that The Mall and Black Diamond haven't been mentioned.

Overall I think Sugarbush is the best mountain for bumps in the East. Killington being second best

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Sugarbush bump run and FIS isn't listed?
Every time I was on FIS it was not bumped. You are talking ME side right? Then again I only skied Sugarbush during Ride and Ski weekend late season when ME was closed. I only listed the trails that I remembered. I skied Steins on May 1st on a free day and the bumps were beautiful large corn snow bumps.

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Dave, we need to talk. You move out west and do more posting here than when you did during shitty times in the east.

I expect more skiing pics!
That is because I know many of the characters here, like ski talk and this forum is way better than Epic ski. I post TR every weekend.



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BTW I have also skied many of those trails when groomed flat Steins, Superstar, Cannon F5, Lost Boyz, to list a few. Depends what the winter is like.

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