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Favorite Terrain?

What is your favorite terrain to ski/ride?


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skibum1321

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AMAC2233 said:
I voted groomers because you really enjoy the skiing experience more on them.
That is a very generalized statement. Your skiing experience is totally different from what my skiing experience. Just because you enjoy your day on the groomers, doesn't mean that everyone does. Skiing hard and challenging myself and the rush of skiing is what it is all about for me. Views are for the lift rides.
 

ChileMass

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skibum1321 said:
That is a very generalized statement. Your skiing experience is totally different from what my skiing experience. Just because you enjoy your day on the groomers, doesn't mean that everyone does. Skiing hard and challenging myself and the rush of skiing is what it is all about for me. Views are for the lift rides.

That's cool - if you like skiing in the trees and want that challenge, that's great for you. Personally, I am all about speed and it's tough to reach 40-50 mph in the woods. I like steep groomers that you can zooooooom on. I grew up racing, so I equate skiing with speed, not branches and rocks. Never really got into moguls either, probably for that reason, too......
 

Newpylong

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Lately I've been a big steeps fan. They can have moguls but they better be nice ones and not frozen volkswagons.

Even though its as wide as a football field, when Ovation at Killington has good snow it is one of my favorites in that respect.
 

Jonni

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I'll ski whatever I can. I voted groomers just because that's what I spend the most time on. It's not that important for me to be the first one to the bottom of the hill or hit the sickest stash of pow in the woods, but more to just enjoy the sport for what it is and the views that I might see from the mountain. Yeah, the trees and bumps and steeps are great and I ski them off and on, but I really just enjoy skiing everything on the mountain.
 

Zand

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I just like skiing natural stuff. No snowmaking, no grooming. It doesn't have to be in the trees, it doesn't have to be steep, hell, it can be a wide boulevard for all I care. I like skiing all natural.

I like how just a season ago I was saying I like to ski groomers. I like skiing groomers in the spring when they get really hard, then groomed, and they're super fast in the morning. It makes your carves feel twice as good.
 
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