Best/Worst Ski Trail Names

Puck it · Feb 17, 2015

skiMEbike said:
To many old timers at Sugarloaf, White Nitro will always be known as Wedge Extension & Upper Wedge...It's kind of to bad they didn't keep it that way, but the marketing wars with Sunday River in the late 90's/early 2000's led to the changing of the name to White Nitro.

Cannonball was returned to its rightful name this year. Profile

dlague · Feb 17, 2015

deadheadskier said:
Most of the time, I enjoy when a ski area has a theme to their trail names

Wildcat - cat related
Sugarloaf - logging
Saddleback - fishing
Mt. Abram - Rocky and Bullwinkle (Boris Badenov might be my second favorite trail name behind Bubblecuffer)
Crotched - galaxy themed
Magic - magic themed

Pats Peak Wind Theme - my favorite names there are Hurricane, Vortex, Tornado and Cyclone

Some Ski Areas use names that seem threatening but are not - Utter Abandon and The Bone Yard at Waterville or Black Hole and White Lightning at Okemo

Favorite Trail names

Jay Peak - Valhalla
Burke - Throbulator
Stowe - Nosedive

Worst Names - anything with Upper, Middle and Lower in the name.

Newpylong · Feb 17, 2015

Sugarbush takes the cake for a plethora of good names IMO.
Exterminator
Hammerhead
Organgrinder
The Mall
Middle Earth
Rumble

I have always liked Devil's Fiddle, Valley Plunge, and Downdraft names at the Big K.

Jaws (of Death) and Plummet at Mount Snow

MadMadWorld · Feb 17, 2015

If I remember correctly from skiing as a kid....doesn't a mountain in NY have a trail called Wheelchair? Lol

St. Bear · Feb 17, 2015

deadheadskier said:
Wildcat - cat related

Hairball always put a smile on my face.

Savemeasammy · Feb 17, 2015

Here's one at Burke my kids like

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ThinkSnow · Feb 17, 2015

Newpylong said:
Sugarbush takes the cake for a plethora of good names IMO.
Exterminator
Hammerhead
Organgrinder
The Mall
Middle Earth
Rumble

I have always liked Devil's Fiddle, Valley Plunge, and Downdraft names at the Big K.

Jaws (of Death) and Plummet at Mount Snow

Lets not forget about "Sleeper"

MadMadWorld · Feb 17, 2015

Savemeasammy said:
Here's one at Burke my kids like
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Where is he going? It doesn't even look like an entrance where he's facing.

Brad J · Feb 17, 2015

deadheadskier said:
Bubblecuffer at Sugarloaf is probably my favorite.

How about Widowmaker was always my favorite cool name

Savemeasammy · Feb 17, 2015

MadMadWorld said:
Where is he going? It doesn't even look like an entrance where he's facing.

It's the bottom of the entrance - it's a glade.

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Mapnut · Feb 17, 2015

Quote from MadMadWorld: If I remember correctly from skiing as a kid....doesn't a mountain in NY have a trail called Wheelchair? Lol [unquote] Yes, Windham, and it's one of their better expert trails: http://snowjournal.com/page.php?cid=galimg33670 As justification, it does have a chairlift on it, and all their trail names start with W so they had to stretch a little.

steamboat1 · Feb 17, 2015

killington has some cool glade names.

Somewhere
Nowhere
Chop Chop
The Throne (previously mentioned)
Anarchy
Growler
Stairs
Devils Den
Centerpiece
Low Rider
Sqeeze Play

etc.

plus a host of other named glades not on the map.

rocks860 · Feb 17, 2015

Newpylong said:
Sugarbush takes the cake for a plethora of good names IMO.
Exterminator
Hammerhead
Organgrinder
The Mall
Middle Earth
Rumble

I have always liked Devil's Fiddle, Valley Plunge, and Downdraft names at the Big K.

Jaws (of Death) and Plummet at Mount Snow

Morningstar also a great one

catskillman · Feb 17, 2015

deadheadskier said:
Most of the time, I enjoy when a ski area has a theme to their trail names Hunter is mostly NYC highway and street name related.

Wildcat - cat related
Sugarloaf - logging
Saddleback - fishing
Mt. Abram - Rocky and Bullwinkle (Boris Badenov might be my second favorite trail name behind Bubblecuffer)
Crotched - galaxy themed
Magic - magic themed

Hunter is mostly NYC highway and street name related.

catskillman · Feb 17, 2015

Scruffy said:
Yeah, it's fun, except Hunter, using NYC names for it's trails. Guess they knew who their target audience was ( not that there's anything wrong with NYC, or it's people, I just feel a mountain trail system should have mountain names - like Annapurna )

Worst at Hunter -
Belt Parkway
Eastside Drive
Broad Way
Gun Hill
Eisenhower drive

Those are all NYC streets and highways - It's Broadway not "Broad Way"

catskillman · Feb 17, 2015

MadMadWorld said:
If I remember correctly from skiing as a kid....doesn't a mountain in NY have a trail called Wheelchair? Lol

Windham. Actually they have Upper & Lower Wheelchair.

MadMadWorld · Feb 17, 2015

Mapnut said:
Quote from MadMadWorld: If I remember correctly from skiing as a kid....doesn't a mountain in NY have a trail called Wheelchair? Lol [unquote] Yes, Windham, and it's one of their better expert trails: http://snowjournal.com/page.php?cid=galimg33670 As justification, it does have a chairlift on it, and all their trail names start with W so they had to stretch a little.

It looked a lot more intimidating as a kid!

ceo · Feb 17, 2015

Favorites: Hardscrabbles at Cannon. Boom Scooter at Sugarloaf. Middle Earth at Sugarbush.

Least favorites: All of the Front Face trails at Sugarloaf, particularly White Nitro and Pure Heat. For Sugarloaf to be all Sunday River wannabe like that is kind of ludicrous.

Skikarl · Feb 17, 2015

At black mountain they have two trails ( Lostbo and Lostbo glades) apparently according to local legend it was a Les Otten diss; it stands for Les Otten Sucks The Big One

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deadheadskier · Feb 17, 2015

That's awesome. :lol:

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