Scariest ski trails in the northeast

[Northeastskier293]

I was wandering what people think the scariest ski trails in the Northeast are. I haven't skied many double blacks, but I heard White Heat is pretty scary. Anyway, what are YOUR scariest trails in the Northeast?

 

[Marc]

Great Northern, early season.

 

[SteveInCT]

I heard White Heat is pretty scary. Anyway, what are YOUR scariest trails in the Northeast?

Great Northern, early season.

Which mountains are these on? I don't have trail names committed to memory (yet) and this thread is going to drive me nuts trying to find out where these trails are!! ;-)

 

[SKIQUATTRO]

Upper Liftline-Smuggs
Black Hole-Smuggs
MRG-places that may or may not be on the map

 

[St. Bear]

Usually, the scariest trails are the ones directly underneath the lifts because they're designed to take the most direct route up the mountain.

Off the top of my head, using my limited mountain experience:

DJ's Tramline - Cannon (still can't believe this is a marked trail)
Liftline - Sugarbush (Castlerock)
Top Cat - Wildcat

 

[billski]

Scariest Trail: Any trail at Nashoba (Mass.)

It's the kids, not the slope!

 

[redalienx11]

the frist time i skied the headwall/chutes at Jay Peak was pretty scary. for me, relatively easy trails can be deemed scary depending on conditions and traffic, and vice versa.

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

I was wandering what people think the scariest ski trails in the Northeast are. I haven't skied many double blacks, but I heard White Heat is pretty scary. Anyway, what are YOUR scariest trails in the Northeast?

Well minus the fact that I have never been to Stowe, WF, and MRG I would say there is nothing truley scary that is an actual named trail....there are plenty that give you the feeling of a rush and that you were challenged. Oh and I have never been down Tram Line at Cannon, but I imagine that has to be really tough, especially with Cannons generally low snowfall amounts for such a steep trail. I will also toss Ovation at Killington in there when it's open and windy.......boiler plate and steep.

Killington has some scary trails, but that has less to do with terrain and more to do with knuckle heads on a crowded day who stand around at major intersections, crosscuts and don't look uphill/downhill, etc. Of course that is more my fault for actually thinking it's a good idea to go on a weekend with blue birds sky's, soft snow and fresh powder.......I mean why would I want to go on a nice weekend from time to time. I know my boss appeciates that lack of call ins.

 

[snowmonster]

Which mountains are these on? I don't have trail names committed to memory (yet) and this thread is going to drive me nuts trying to find out where these trails are!! ;-)

White Heat = Sunday River
Great Northern = Killington

White Heat is steep, bumped up on one side and wide. When it's bullet proof, it can be nasty. There are a series of three "ledges" by that I mean, there's a steep part followed by a flattish portion. Once you're over that, it's pretty tame. On White Cap, I'd say Shockwave is harder.

The early season clusterf--- on Great Northern is a wonder of the ski world.

 

[powhunter]

Julio at Killington.....Ripcord at snow when its sheer ice......Headwall at Tux

steveo

 

[skiadikt]

Great Northern, early season.

got that right ... also top of starr or goat at stowe. paradise at mrg. castlerock liftline. at k you're talking things like fiddle cliff area, cliff area in dipper woods. lower ovation is one of the longer consistently steep runs you'll find in the east.

 

[TheBEast]

Lower Ovation at K on Tele-Skis with dust on breakable crust conditions......I wouldn't generally say that many trails "scare" me, but that day had increased the pucker factor a bit.....

 

[jerryg]

I personally don't find any terrain inbounds in the eastto be scary at all, certainly not White Heat. I'm not trying to infer that I'm some super-duper skier either, I just don't think that it too much in the east that would make me think twice.

Now if you add the ice factor, sure, the terrain becomes different, but still very few scary trails, areas.

 

[deadheadskier]

Waterfall at Stowe. I've only ever conjured up the balls to go off the ladies tee and that was a long time ago. Snow would have to be deep and soft for me to do it again and I doubt I'd ever launch from the top.

 

[Smellytele]

It all comes down to conditions. Anything with ice is different than when powdery.

 

[Mapnut]

Ripcord at snow when its sheer ice......
steveo

Illustration here: http://www.snowjournal.com/page.php?cid=galimg26240 I mean really sheer, in fact closed. but somebody made tracks down that little strip of snow on the right. :-o

 

[Greg]

Illustration here: http://www.snowjournal.com/page.php?cid=galimg26240 I mean really sheer, in fact closed. but somebody made tracks down that little strip of snow on the right. :-o

Oof. You gotta click on the pic to get the full effect. That looks NASTY!

 

[skiadikt]

Oof. You gotta click on the pic to get the full effect. That looks NASTY!

now that IS scary. to my point in the kmart thread below about double blacks. different standards for the east & west ...

 

[WJenness]

wow... that's not a ski trail.. it's an inclined hockey rink!

-w

 

[snowmonster]

^ Looks pretty much like any ski area in the northeast after a rain-freeze cycle.