hardline
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I generally spend as much time in the woods as possible on skis. However, this being my third season at Sugarbush, I am somewhat frustrated with the sketchy nature of some of the "mapped" gladed areas at Sugarbush South. There are some runs, such as Lew's Line and Egan's Woods, that have numerous stumps sticking up right in the middle of aesthetic lines that someone could easily have cut flush with the ground if they would just take the time to do it.
In contrast, areas like Stowe, Jay and MRG seem to be far more dilligent about keeping their woods clean of this kind of stuff.
Saying that those stumps will be buried once we get enough base is simply not true, once the lines get hit enough you get moguls AND troughs, and stumps that stick up as much as a foot or more are just frickin' dangerous. Especially after there's a dump with juuuust enough fluff to make 'em invisible.
Maybe it's necessary to go though a permit process with the US Forest Service to prune stumps of trees that are already dead? :-?
I'd nip 'em off myself with a folding saw, but these snowsnakes can only be tamed with a chainsaw.
their aint noghting a 60" base can cover. that why in northern vt unofficial safe tree skiing starts at 60"at the stake. hardwoof glades shouldn't be cleared to the ground it isn't natural. pine glades naturally have very little deadfall so they open quicker.