Best Spring skiing trail in the east???

[gmcunni]

i don't have a lot of spring bump experience but i'd say Steins was a lot of fun


but then i had a lot of fun at this place too

 

[ccskier]

I really like Liftline at Stowe in the spring. Maybe it is the huge slushy bumps and the interaction with the lift about or the fall lines.

 

[bigbog]

...Loaf terrain(for inbounds)

Agreed...White Nitro to Gondi is great stuff....
So much of Mt.Washington terrain is great stuff...
EDIT:
Let's see...Whiteface, Burke, lots more of the River....

*Think my honest answer is Anywhere there's good snow in NewEngland...!

 

[Greg]

i don't have a lot of spring bump experience but i'd say Steins was a lot of fun

Organgrinder was money that afternoon.

 

[Newpylong]

Steins at the end of the season kicks the snot out of me. I prefer my bumps a little smaller than that.

Me too. I think the pitch does me in too. Of course I suck at steep bumps anyway.

 

[Greg]

I suck at steep bumps anyway.

+1

 

[riverc0il]

i don't have a lot of spring bump experience but i'd say Steins was a lot of fun

Man oh man, am I ever bummed I was not there long enough to be able to get a few shots in that video. Inspiring though in the sense that I need to loose that last 10 lbs and get back down to my ideal weight and kick up the core training a notch or three to get back into prime conditioning.

 

[deadheadskier]

Man oh man, am I ever bummed I was not there long enough to be able to get a few shots in that video. Inspiring though in the sense that I need to loose that last 10 lbs and get back down to my ideal weight and kick up the core training a notch or three to get back into prime conditioning.

we had fun, but stein's wasn't all that that day. My legs gave out before the late afternoon when Ripcord apparently softened and was going off. Conditioning wasn't you're problem that day, it was the thumb if I recall?

You whipped me earlier in the month when we were up there anyways. I'm with you on losing 10 pounds....hell 20 for me....

 

[icedtea]

since k hasn't let the bumps build on supe the last few years, i'd agree that stein has been better. however when supe is bumped, i prefer it to stein's. steeper top & bottom and i enjoy the bumps on the flatter middle section. also no runoff. just t-t-b bumps. seems longer.

actually the best spring skiing trail is ol after bear closes. absolutely perfect corn bumps. pitch isn't too shabby either ...

ha i was going to say something similar...last season after snowdon closed it was pretty sweet in the spring.

 

[x10003q]

Great shot! That is about 500 feet of vertical mogul abuse. It always makes my day when I can get my fat ass down Rumor a few times in a row.

 

[icedtea]

Veritgo
Needles Liftline

 

[wa-loaf]

Skidder at Sugarloaf is pretty good and easy to lap off of the Superquad:

Steeper than it looks in the photo

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

i don't have a lot of spring bump experience but i'd say Steins was a lot of fun


but then i had a lot of fun at this place too

Wow I was a real wimp to miss out on that bumptastic AZ day at da bush:dunce:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Skidder at Sugarloaf is pretty good and easy to lap off of the Superquad:

Steeper than it looks in the photo

Looks pretty steep in the picture...I'd hit dat!!!!!! I'd hit anything now..I am jonzing like a mofof

 

[Newpylong]

Veritgo
Needles Liftline

How can either of those be considered when they are closed by late March or early April?

 

[riverc0il]

we had fun, but stein's wasn't all that that day. My legs gave out before the late afternoon when Ripcord apparently softened and was going off. Conditioning wasn't you're problem that day, it was the thumb if I recall?

Indeed, I recall Stein's being barely acceptable but I missed out on more than the run... it had been a while since I had the opportunity to participate in such a great gathering. The thumb was indeed reinjured, but I blame poor conditioning on the original injury and especially the reinjury. These past two season my body has deteriorated since I had packed on the weight and stopped working out as much (which I have changed quite a bit this summer). I think the weight is what ultimately did me in as I simply was above the acceptable weight limit for the size ski I ride the forces just were not happening right. I fell where I normally would have easily recovered with a smear of the tails and instead I wheelied them.

You whipped me earlier in the month when we were up there anyways. I'm with you on losing 10 pounds....hell 20 for me....

Hardly. I was the one gasping for air trailing you down Middle Earth as I recall :lol: We are both in it together on losing 20. I already lost 10 and need to drop 10 more.

 

[icedtea]

How can either of those be considered when they are closed by late March or early April?

"Closed"

Not really a big deal to hit these...patrol is pretty laxed by this point...and the crossover still works.

 

[Newpylong]

"Closed"

Not really a big deal to hit these...patrol is pretty laxed by this point...and the crossover still works.

Yeah but closed is closed - doesn't belong on the list. Lots of trails are great spring trails, IF they were still open.

 

[skidbump]

bump for effect

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

I don't know about trail, but Mount Ellen has the best set up in the east for the longest season.

Where else gets over 250 inches of snow and offers a lift with steep pitched trails above 3000 feet?

Well sounds like I need to take trip to the Bush this year, I never new it was so much steeper then anything else on the East Coast. Not knowing the Bush at all, I would blindly say Sugarloaf stands up to it.......but I will have to truly find this out for myself.

Oh and doesn't MRG have some really steep stuff that is long? Do they stay open late or do they typically close early mid April?