3d skimaps

[skiadikt]

don't know whether anyone has put this up yet. this site has 3d trail maps of many ski areas. the steepness of the ski mountain is continuously color-mapped on an absolute scale, so you can compare ski mountains the world over (eventually). the only eastern areas represented so far are killington, pico & okemo. amazing how flat okemo & pico are. killington does have some reasonably steep sections (35+ degrees). taos, a-basin & jackson hole seem to have the steepest terrain.

http://www.3dskimaps.com

 

[Justin10]

wow, what a great find!!! I've never seen anything like that before. Perfect for checking out a resort before you go for the first time. Thanks for that!

 

[adamti91]

Great site! Hopefully some smaller mountains in the Northeast will get added soon (Catskills, more Vermont, ADK, etc.). You're right, Pico and Okemo look so flat and.. boring? Never been to Okemo so I really can't say but... all the trails look exactly the same (layout AND steepness):

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Great site! Hopefully some smaller mountains in the Northeast will get added soon (Catskills, more Vermont, ADK, etc.)

What adamti91 said. Cool site.

 

[Marc]

That is very nifty.

Still wish ski resorts provided topos as alternatives to the artist's rendition.

 

[wintersyndrome]

That is very nifty.

Still wish ski resorts provided topos as alternatives to the artist's rendition.

agreed.

Okemo is what it is, a decent learners mountain, Im sure we'd find much of the same pitch for other southern VT resorts, (Magic excluded)

Id really like to see Jay Peak and the Bush on this list...cool find

 

[skiadikt]

That is very nifty.

Still wish ski resorts provided topos as alternatives to the artist's rendition.

yeah miss the old killington topo. don't know of any other areas that did it. guess this 3d map is based on a topo.

 

[pepperdawg]

Agree - totally cool!!!

Both the Flatkemo and KiIlly maps seem fairly accurate fot the most part....gotta love technology!!!!

 

[Brettski]

got a topo of Hunter anyone?

 

[tcharron]

You could also just use maps.live.com, Microsoft's new mapping site. Take a gander at Killington:

 

[ctenidae]

GogoleEarth does the same thing as the MS thing, too. They probably both use the same pictures.

 

[rotorite86]

Is it me or is there only like 10-15 resorts there? I can't find the rest?

 

[bvibert]

Is it me or is there only like 10-15 resorts there? I can't find the rest?

That's all there is. I guess it takes a while to make them...

 

[BeanoNYC]

Sweet! Thanks a bunch.

 

[billski]

What happened to www.skimaps.com? It's a goner...

 

[rotorite86]

Shoot! I think the OP said there were lots of maps, but I couldn't find my favorites.

Thats two sites in the last two days that I have visited that have *died*.

 

[adamti91]

It didn't "die", the person who makes the maps and manages the website will make more for the Northeast as he can. It takes time I'm sure rotorite86, just be patient.

 

[adamti91]

Windham is up on the site... .

 

[millerm277]

I want to see Hunter on there.....

 

[bvibert]

I want to see Hunter on there.....

Yeah, that'd be cool to see.