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No joke, it's one of the reasons
The steepest mogul trail in the east
Cliffs (larger than it appears here)
Steep rocky terrain
Steeps
Avalanches, tight trees, terrain park features through wooded areas.
Wow, I've always wanted something like this. A real objective measure of steepness rather than the coarse grained trail ratings of the resort maps. The google Earth plug-in is nice. So many times I've been on trails and felt like it was mis-rated.
Looks like that site only maps some of the bigger resorts though. I hope they'll add some of the NH resorts I'm more likely to go to.
Part of the issue is imagery I believe. I'd sent an email asking about Hunter at one point, I think I remember the response being something along the lines of: I'd love to, but there isn't a high enough quality google earth map of it.
Wow, I've always wanted something like this. A real objective measure of steepness rather than the coarse grained trail ratings of the resort maps. The google Earth plug-in is nice. So many times I've been on trails and felt like it was mis-rated.
Part of the issue is imagery I believe. I'd sent an email asking about Hunter at one point, I think I remember the response being something along the lines of: I'd love to, but there isn't a high enough quality google earth map of it.
Well help them out and send them this pic:
Well help them out and send them this pic:
Didn't know google had gotten a new image of Hunter, at one point it was a VERY low-res image.
No joke, it's one of the reasons
The steepest mogul trail in the east
Cliffs (larger than it appears here)
Steep rocky terrain
Steeps
Avalanches, tight trees, terrain park features through wooded areas.
According to that 3d ski maps site Outer Limits is about the same pitch as Gros Ventre. If youve skied both of them it really puts it in perspective.
Huh Avalanches.............I hope your joking and not referring to Killington blowing way to much snow that one time that was a solid sheet of ice and broke away and busted a water pipe.
Oh and way to use pictures from the spring when the rocks start show and look oh so impressive.....
All that being said there are several trails there that are by eastern resort standards are double blacks and are in place to prevent inexperience skiers from getting themselves in trouble and in turn getting the ski resort in trouble. Plus in the east you must factor in boiler plate caused by wind, rain, and traffic. Some people may argue double blacks out west are weak cuz you have 3 feet of powder to land in if something goes wrong....in only joke.
There's more to difficulty than just pitch, for one.
Secondly, trail ratings are defined in relation to other trails at the same hill. Given the amount of terrain at Killington, I think four ratings (green, blue, black, double black) is appropriate.
Finally, who cares? Usually this stuff only matters to the "I ski black diamonds" crowd...