Favorite Trails - By Resort...

[Bostonian]

Okay... Since I am sitting here in the nasty gray day at work.. I thought I would have a little fun. What is your most favorite trail at each resort in the New England area (that you've skied)... Here is mine from the pllaces I have skied in the last 5 years:

Massachusetts:
Blue Hills - Big Blue
Wachusett - Smith Walton
Nashoba - Warrior

New Hampshire:
Crotched - Meteor
Sunapee - Upper and Lower Blastoff (one trail in my book!)
Gunstock - Hotshot (when open), otherwise Trigger
Waterville - Gema
Loon - Flume
Wildcat - Lynx trail system
Ragged - Birches

Vermont:
K-Mart - The Jug
Okemo - Quantum Leap
Sugarbush - Middle Earth
Stowe - Noisedive

Maine:
Sunday River - Vortex

Hmmm that's all I can think of right now!

 

[millerm277]

Killington - Breakaway
Hunter Mountain - Heuga>Dropoff or Ike.
Blue Mtn - Challenge
Sno Mtn - Cannonball
Sunday River - Am Ex.

 

[frozencorn]

Stowe: Starr or Haystack.
Bush: Ripcord or Paradise
SR: Agony
K-Mart: Superstar
Attitash: Avenger
Wildcat: Lift Lion

to name a few...

 

[Greg]

Wow. This is going to be tough. Some places it's hard to choose, and others it's been so long, I might not be able to remember which trails I liked.

CT:

Mohawk - Wildwood. The only trail with any pitch.
Powder Ridge - Can't member anything special, or what the names were.
Southington - Thunderbolt.
Sundown - Whichever trail is bumped at the time

ME:

Sugarloaf - I always liked Misery Whip, but I'm sure there are lots of better trails. I'll probably have a new one after a revisit this year.

MA:

Berkshire East - Jug
Brodie - Can't remember. This were some trails far skier's left that I liked.
Butternut - Downspout
Catamount - Catapult to Off Stage
Jiminy Peak - Wild Turkey, or Jericho, or skier's right on Foxes if bumped.

NH:

Bretton Woods - Can't remember.
Sunapee - Only been once, and it was for like 90 minutes in December. Too small a sample.
Loon - Triple Trouble
Waterville Valley - Can't remember

NY:

Gore - Chattiemac. Only skied once and on a crap day and I know there are better, but was one of the best that day.
Hunter - Annapurna

VT:

Ascutney - Can't remember
Haystack - Something on the Witches
Killington - Probably Northstar or Low Rider. Maybe Vertigo.
Mad River Glen - Tough. Either Cat Bowl > Lynx > Beaver or Fall Line.
Magic - another tough one. Redline, I guess, but I like Twilight Zone too.
Mount Snow - Jaws
Okemo - Big Bang
Sugarbush - Real tough. Rumble perhaps, but really anything on Castlerock, or the Mall, or Spillsville or Paradise, or...

 

[Vortex]

Vermont.
K. superstar. usually all that is open when I ski there.


Nh.
wildcat Pole cat. For the views

Loon Angel st, and flume. and Upper Rum runner. Honorable mention is brookway way
nice view.

Waterville. bobby's run

Cannon. Upper cannon

Pats FIS


Maine.
sugarloaf. White Nitro, snow fields, and Gondi Line

Sunday River Vortex:-D and Black Hole

 

[Madroch]

Stowe- Starr
Smuggs- Black Hole (liftline is fun too, at times)
Sugarbush- Paradise/Rumble
Mt. Ellen- Black Diamond/Exterminator
Magic- Twilight Zone
Mt. Snow- Jaws/Bear Trap
Killington- Needles Liftline/Fiddle with fresh

 

[Smellytele]

This took a long time to put together

NH
Attitash – Only skied there once since Bear peak but before that I would have to say Ptarmigan
Black – Hard to pick one because the trails change names at every intersection – I would have to say the black diamonds at the top are all great.
Cannon – Hardscrabble (upper and Middle) not including Mittersill
Cranmore – Black Forest Glades into Tree Meister Glades
Gunstock – Was always drinking when I went night skiing 20 years ago and can’t remember it
Loon - Angel St
Pats Peak – Hurricane and Vortex
Ragged - The ravine area
Mt Sunapee – Dare Ya/ Double Dare Ya
Waterville – Oh yeah I don’t like anything there
Wildcat – Catacomb Glade

VT
Jay Peak – Andre’s Paradise
Killington – Powerline for some reason and The Throne
MRG – Paradise
Mt Snow – Haven’t been in 20 years but think I liked Ripcord and Beartrap
Okemo – See Waterville
Pico – 20 years ago
Smuggs – Black Hole
SugarBush – Anything on Castlerock except the lift itself 

ME
Shawnee Peak – Haggett’s
Sugarloaf – Snowfields when not closed or in Killing field conditions haven’t been in 15 years but will this year – could change
Sunday river – Flying Monkey and or Last Tango – Bim’s Whim

 

[Puck it]

MA

Wachussett - Smith Walton

NH
Attitash – Tim's Trauma
Cannon – Tramline or Kinsman
Loon - Triple Trouple
Pats Peak – Hurricane
Ragged - The ravine area
Mt Sunapee – Hawke's Hide Out or Cataract Glades(maybe Flying Goose)
Waterville – True Grit Bumps
Wildcat – Thompson Brook

VT
Jay Peak – Face Chutes
Killington – Devil's Fiddle or Dipper Glades
Okemo – Nothing blew my hair back

NY

Whiteface - Upper Skyward and Cloudspin

 

[bigbog]

Maine
___________
SundayRiver:
"Trees"...those wayy off Lollapaloosa to the East(name?)
Right Stuff
White Heat
Chutzpah
Obsession
Last Tango
...Anywhere in powder.

Sugarloaf:
Competition Hill(snowstorm days)
White Nitro
snowfield trails
CantDog
Ripsaw(pow/pp days)
...all the others, especially on a powder day.

 

[riverc0il]

Assuming on map only, I will go "Trail (Trees)" to differentiate.

Cannon: Taft > Upper Hard > Middle Hard (Kinsman Glade)
Wildcat: Feline
Loon: Triple Trouble (Mike's Woods)

Burke: Doug's Drop (The Jungle)
Jay: Upper River Quai (Vertigo)
Mad River Glen: Liftline (FallDice)
Sugarbush: Rumble (Paradise)
Stowe: Goat
Magic: Red Line (Goniff)

 

[maineskier69]

Maine
___________
SundayRiver:
"Trees"...those wayy off Lollapaloosa to the East(name?)
.

Blind Ambition?

 

[riverc0il]

Oh, duh. Saddleback: Muleskinner (Nightmare)

 

[bigbog]

...Think you've got it maineskier69..;-).. More accurately...looking off to right from the Jordan lift!.. (will find out again for myself in near future..;-))

 

[jerryg]

...Think you've got it maineskier69..;-).. More accurately...looking off to right from the Jordan lift!.. (will find out again for myself in near future..;-))

Yes, it's Blind Ambition and while it's pretty flat, it's a fun glade with some funs things to jump and plenty of room to move.

 

[Buckeye Skier 1330]

Stratton-Get my Drift
Okemo?
Burke-East Bowl
Sugarbush-Lincoln-Moonshine
Sugarbush-Ellen-Semitough
MRG-Antelope
Stowe-Nosedive

Cannon-The Hardscrabbles
Wildcat-Lynx
Loon- Don't remember but it was a combo off the East Basin
Waterville-Ciavo?
Bretton-Bodes to Deception Bowl
Gunstock-Shotgun

Sugarloaf-Gondi Line
Sunday River-One off of OZ

Whiteface-Skyward
Gore-Chatiemac
Hunter-Hellgate

 

[salsgang]

Maine
Sunday River - Lazy River, just love the whoop-dee-doos on the trial plus you can actually ski a bit before crossing a trail.
Shawnee Peak - Kangamangas
Mt. Abram - Fearless Leader. This trail rules in powder.
Sugarloaf - All kinds of fav's but gotta love a good top to bottom Tote Road run. Best blue cruiser around.
Saddleback - All the trials are killer - but favs have to be Groomer - Gray Ghost | Trees - Intimidator | Ungroomed Peachy's Peril

NH
Wildcat - Top to bottom Catapault Run rules

 

[Newpylong]

Wow, some good picks here.

How about Obsession at the River? A great steep cruiser....

 

[jerryg]

Wow, some good picks here.

How about Obsession at the River? A great steep cruiser....

Good call, Obsession has lot of different features from a double fall, rolling steeps, and even a sweet compression.

My list:

New Hampshire
Attitash - Tim’s Trauma
Cannon - Kingsman, Hardscramble, Taft.
Loon - Triple Trouble, Angel something or other, North Peak.
Wildcat - Polecat and Lynx

Vermont

Jay Peak - Everglade, The chutes up top. Don’t know their names.
Mt. Snow - Rip cord, Challenger
Killington - Superstar Glacier… err… When it was. Love the top-to-bottom spring bumps.
Devil’s Fiddle
Sugarbush - Rumble, but really anything on CR.
Stratton - Kidderbrook
Stowe - Goat, Toll Road for the history.
MRG - Paradise
Smuggs - I like the trails off Madonna. Don’t know their names.

Maine

Shawnee Peak - Headwall to East slope
Camden Snow Bowl - The Glades, Lookout
Mt. Abram - Rocky’s Run
Lost Valley - Suicide, Squirrel (The first lift-served trail I ever skied… er… fell down)
Big Squaw - Penobscot and East Branch when they were served by a lift!
Saddleback - Dark Wizard, Muleskinner
Sugarloaf - Almost anything off Spillway X-cut, Can’t Dog, Misery Whip, Ripsaw.
Sunday River - Tin Woodsman, Shockwave, Bim’s Whim, Celestial, Vortex, Hard Ball, Locke Line-Viking-Tightwire.

 

[Skimaine]

Sugarloaf - Narrow Gauge Top to bottom
Sunday River - Obsession
Saddleback - Jane Craig
Big Squaw - The "Cat" - maybe someday again
Gore - Twister

 

[deadheadskier]

Going off what I've skied recently and memorable runs from my youth

Maine

Sugarloaf: Bubblecuffer, Winters Way, Misery Whip
Sunday River: Shockwave, Airglow, Quantum Leap, Downdraft
Mt. Abram: Rocky's
Shawnee: Sunnyside Triple lift line

New Hampshire:

Wildcat: Polecat.....as someone who typically seeks out 'expert' terrain, I look forward to skiing this green run more than any other on my trips to Wildcat. Perfect Mellow. Catapult, Wildcat and Lynx are great. Hairball is pretty sweet too when it has enough snow. Liftlines are cool, but don't do as much for me as the twisting old school trails.
Black - Carter Notch Glade
Cannon - Hardscrabble
Waterville - True Grit
Tenney - Sweet William and the Glades skiers left of it
Sunapee - Flying Goose
Ragged: my home mountain this winter, only skied there once last when the ravine was closed. I definitely dug Birches for a narrowish bump run and thought Flying Yankee was a great cruiser
Attitash: Idiot's Option, Tim's Trauma

Vermont:

Jay: Face Chutes, Everglade, Staircase
Smuggs: Robins Run......though I know I'd love Liftline given good conditions and I dig the trail that goes from Madonna down to Sterling on Skiers left. I'd let you know what it is, but the only thing slower than Smuggs chairs and liftlines is their damn website.
Stowe: Goat, Chin Clip, Lookout
Sugarbush: Rumble, Tumbler
Mad River Glen: Paradise, Lynx to Beaver
Killington: Devils Fiddle
Pico: Upper Giant Killer, Sidewinder, A Slope
Okemo: Outrage, Sel's Choice.....Sel's because it was the only consistent bump run growing up. I've skied it probably ten times more than any other trail in New England.
Magic: Gonif, Redline