Fastest speed you have skied?

[ScottySkis]

420 mph lol.

 

[vonski]

58 mph on Gunbarrel at Ski Sundown! last Sunday night! per the gps phone app. I was surprised it was that fast!

 

[Warp Daddy]

Faster than a speeding bullet , twice the speed of light , able to motor down the mtn taking no prisnahs , all in all its a big WGARA

 

[AdironRider]

I hit 69.4 on a recent trip to Snowmass according to my Alpine Replay App... Also skied 50k vertical on one of the days.

50K vert is impressive for a vacation type scenario. Way to get after it!

 

[BeefyBoy50]

Using SkiTracks (for the first time) during my trip to Tahoe a week ago ( i really should put that in trip reports but I've been too lazy).
Squaw Valley first day: icy, crowded, hit 47 mph (on mountain run at the end of the day. PS mountain run if you don't already know is more dangerous than the fingers or the palisades due to the terrible skiiers on it, but it was uncrowded and I only bombed a section)

Heavenly 2nd day: powdery so spent time in the woods and only got to 42, I wasn't trying to break any speed records.

Northstar 3rd day: I'm sure it got above freezing this day. On my second run I straightlined a perfectly groomed icy blue with no people and got 56.8 mph. Although I tried to break it multiple times later that day, I got to 56.7 twice again and 54.5 but didn't break it.

Heavenly 4th day: Today we skiied all over the mountain, I got 28 miles distance. On the runout from a terrain park run I got up to 57.1 without realizing and that is my current record. On my run down to the car at Stagecoach on the end of the day, I was sure I could break 60 by bombing a blue, but it was too bumpy so I topped out at 52 because I chickened out.

Royal Gorge XC 5th day: Obviously I didn't set any speed records on xc skis, but over my 10-13 mile trip I did hit 31.9- it seems much faster on xc skis and definitely more dangerous.

Hope to break 60 back east, maybe at Blue Mountain PA. An icy run will be great for a new speed record. I feel as though I've certainly broken 60 before because my records at Tahoe didn't relatively seem that fast. However, this is my first time skiing with an iPhone.

 

[Stache]

The fastest I could find fast.

 

[carbonXshell]

50K vert is impressive for a vacation type scenario. Way to get after it!

Thank you!

 

[ScottySkis]

Not 420 mph that is for sure.

 

[skiking4]

My friend measured 70+ on Clair's at hunter. We were traveling identical speeds and u can easily travel 80+ on that trail

 

[WWF-VT]

My friend measured 70+ on Clair's at hunter. We were traveling identical speeds and u can easily travel 80+ on that trail

Best laugh of the day so far

 

[Cheese]

Best laugh of the day so far

Only fast thing I've seen on AlpineReplay is my battery draining. Then again, I struggle to keep up with WWF-VT so what do I know about fast.

 

[gmcunni]

Doubt it is accurate but

 

[Cheese]

44 mph sustained is crankin'!

 

[Hawkshot99]

44 mph sustained is crankin'!

Not really. I have gotten at least that pretty much every day this year besides powder days and such.

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[deadheadskier]

Out of curiosity I downloaded alpine replay and recorded a top speed of 56 at ragged a couple of weeks ago. I've probably gone faster before but I'm not sure I have much of a desire to ski much faster than about 45 all that often.

 

[skiking4]

Best laugh of the day so far

Well, in comparison, the week before me and others were using the ski tracks app to see how fast we could get. Stratton is flat as hell, so we consistently hit mid to high 60s on the steepest trails (which aren't that steep) on multiple occasions and that was tuck all the way down trails like North American, Upper Standard, Kidderbrook, and others. That's a lot of data to show some consistency about what it's like to ski that quick.
I was skiing on my slalom racing skis which measure 150 in length (Volkl Racetigers).

So, same situation at Hunter. Clair's was blue ice and after one run down, we discussed how fast we could get going down that run. Next run, right around the start of the 2nd and final trail split between Taylor's & Clair's, we started speeding up and when it joined back together for the final time to one long 600 or so vertical steep ramp to the bottom where we tucked for about 100-200 vertical before, out of fear, we loosened up and did half tucking, half surviving, but just kept accelerating. It was way faster than anything at Stratton and about a million times scarier due to 1. the massive ice, 2. Clair's is way steeper (at least sustained) than anything at Stratton, 3. some wet rain bumps (it had rained earlier or the night before) 4. Way Out (a narrower single diamond) spits out on the last 150 vertical of the run leaving a number of people at the bottom. Now, if some bumps weren't there I might have more balls, but then it'd leave less of that colored ice. And because we only started booking down the 2nd half of the run and I was on 150 skis (5'5, 145), I think you could go 80+ considering I'm pretty darn sure we were going 70+.

 

[WWF-VT]

Well, in comparison, the week before me and others were using the ski tracks app to see how fast we could get. Stratton is flat as hell, so we consistently hit mid to high 60s on the steepest trails (which aren't that steep) on multiple occasions and that was tuck all the way down trails like North American, Upper Standard, Kidderbrook, and others. That's a lot of data to show some consistency about what it's like to ski that quick.
I was skiing on my slalom racing skis which measure 150 in length (Volkl Racetigers).

So, same situation at Hunter. Clair's was blue ice and after one run down, we discussed how fast we could get going down that run. Next run, right around the start of the 2nd and final trail split between Taylor's & Clair's, we started speeding up and when it joined back together for the final time to one long 600 or so vertical steep ramp to the bottom where we tucked for about 100-200 vertical before, out of fear, we loosened up and did half tucking, half surviving, but just kept accelerating. It was way faster than anything at Stratton and about a million times scarier due to 1. the massive ice, 2. Clair's is way steeper (at least sustained) than anything at Stratton, 3. some wet rain bumps (it had rained earlier or the night before) 4. Way Out (a narrower single diamond) spits out on the last 150 vertical of the run leaving a number of people at the bottom. Now, if some bumps weren't there I might have more balls, but then it'd leave less of that colored ice. And because we only started booking down the 2nd half of the run and I was on 150 skis (5'5, 145), I think you could go 80+ considering I'm pretty darn sure we were going 70+.

Bode Miller probably couldn't hit 70 MPH on Clairs doesn't patrol cut your ticket for speeding at Stratton?

 

[skiking4]

Bode Miller probably couldn't hit 70 MPH on Clairs doesn't patrol cut your ticket for speeding at Stratton?

1) Clair's is 1000+ vertical of 30+ degree skiing with no runouts and flat parts; pretty much, the West Side of Hunter imo is more consistently steeper than anything south of Killington (disclaimer: I have not been to Magic or Berkshire East, which are two mountains that are supposedly pretty steep. I have been to all the Catskill mountains, Jiminy Peak, all the other Southern VT mountains, and I believe this claim definitely holds true). If you don't believe me, why don't you bring out your groomer skis, bundel up into a tuck, and send it from the top? You'd probably be high 50s to mid 60s before I had even started sending it. Of course, another disclaimer, is it was a sheet of ice that day.

2. We took advantage of completely empty trails during early access to straightline Stratton's runs. But still, during the rest of the day and during a holiday weekend, we were going on average probably 55 peak down the diamonds and never had any messages from ski patrol as we were in full control and slowed down for the slow signs.

 

[ScottySkis]

1) Clair's is 1000+ vertical of 30+ degree skiing with no runouts and flat parts; pretty much, the West Side of Hunter imo is more consistently steeper than anything south of Killington (disclaimer: I have not been to Magic or Berkshire East, which are two mountains that are supposedly pretty steep. I have been to all the Catskill mountains, Jiminy Peak, all the other Southern VT mountains, and I believe this claim definitely holds true). If you don't believe me, why don't you bring out your groomer skis, bundel up into a tuck, and send it from the top? You'd probably be high 50s to mid 60s before I had even started sending it. Of course, another disclaimer, is it was a sheet of ice that day.

2. We took advantage of completely empty trails during early access to straightline Stratton's runs. But still, during the rest of the day and during a holiday weekend, we were going on average probably 55 peak down the diamonds and never had any messages from ski patrol as we were in full control and slowed down for the slow signs.

Yes it is steeper then any resorts in south VT, I been to Hunter a lot over the years and agree with that 100%