Heaven's Gate won't be in the mix for much longer, so head to the top for some of the final summit runs of the season.
They keep alluding to that on the snow report. Hopefully it can make it through the weekend.
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Heaven's Gate won't be in the mix for much longer, so head to the top for some of the final summit runs of the season.
They keep alluding to that on the snow report. Hopefully it can make it through the weekend.
I'd be interested in lapping it if it starts off groomed. But, I don't have a 'Bush pass... bummer.Yea, it has become their signature spring trail that they blow a ton of snow on. It is a fairly steep, wide, double-fall line trail. Last year they groomed it a couple days before the event so it wasn't terribly bumped up at the start, but as the day went on the bumps grew.
If you start at the top that's only 27 lift rides needed. They have a loading carpet so figure absolute minimum of 7 minutes per ride. That leaves 51 minute of ski time and you probably just need to start your last run before the time runs out. So you get about 1.88 minutes per run. Seems reasonable, just need pretty much zero lift stops.
Just noticed in todays snow report that Brooks Curran (IG legend) won last years event with 28 laps. That's 7 laps/hr
Just noticed in todays snow report that Brooks Curran (IG legend) won last years event with 28 laps. That's 7 laps/hr --> ~8.5 minutes per lap, including the ride up the VH quad.
Is my math wrong here? How is that even possible?
And yes, it was 4 hours last year. I believe Brooks (and some others) were using the Bravo chair and flying down the VH Traverse to save a minute or two off of the VH chair ride. I guess if you can get enough speed on the traverse it works out. Brooks and a few others were absolutely flying down Steins last year. It was quite impressive.
I doubt that saves you time unless you have crazy stamina since you sit less, have no foot rests and longer runs. I times it last year and you probably have to skate the traverse to make to save more than a few seconds.