Wide trails: that is what happened to many places in the 1980's because of the increased crowds, the demand and need for more snowmaking (which doesn't work well on narrow trails), and the use of more groomers. You see that many places were "modernized" through widening including Sugarloaf, Killington, Mount Ellen, and parts of Jay (the 'Can-Am Supertrail' was haled as a superwide run). The downside of course is the wind issue. Also some of Sugarloaf's terrain is used for racing and in order to be FIS/NCAA certified, the terrain must be a certain width, etc. Dartmouth and Middlebury just had to widen their race trails...Dartmouth I believe did it under protest.
just curious, why doesnt snowmaking work well on narrow trails?