Most challenging trail at your home hill?

[Highway Star]

At Killington, trails in descending order of difficulty, IMHO -
Devils Fiddle - rock line skiers right upper, bigger cliffs in the middle, rocks and water bars at the bottom
Ovation - steep icy bumpy headwall, brushy area skiers right middle, lower skiers right ungroomed very steep and inconsistant
Conclusion Lower - rock line skiers left
Vertigo Upper - very steep, typically a sheet of ice
Lower Downdraft - very steep with sheet ice or choppy bumps
Catwalk - narrow, choppy bumps skied off with thin cover

Glades (on the map) -
Big Dipper - the waterfall/breakover, IMHO the most technical and dangerous spot on the map
Devil's Den - upper (not currently on the map, but was) extremely narrow, steep with several small drops and an optional 15ft cliff, lower is all rockgarden
Centerpiece - more rockgarden, 6 ft cliff across most of the trail
Julio/Juanita - long, with tight trees, gets skied out, cliffy area at the bottom skiers left

Of course, there are other steep trails and challenging glades, but the above stand out has being the most consistently difficult and interesting. If you can ski all of them well, you are a strong expert skier.

Off the map there are a few spots that can be brutally challenging due to the tightness, but are not particularly steep or dangerous. There are a couple that are very steep and very tight.

 

[skiNEwhere]

+1 on catwalk. That's a great, underrated trail that some people don't even realize is there. since you have to hike up to it

 

[MadMadWorld]

Loved Devil's Den

 

[Puck it]

At Killington, trails in descending order of difficulty, IMHO -
Devils Fiddle - rock line skiers right upper, bigger cliffs in the middle, rocks and water bars at the bottom
Ovation - steep icy bumpy headwall, brushy area skiers right middle, lower skiers right ungroomed very steep and inconsistant
Conclusion Lower - rock line skiers left
Vertigo Upper - very steep, typically a sheet of ice
Lower Downdraft - very steep with sheet ice or choppy bumps
Catwalk - narrow, choppy bumps skied off with thin cover

Glades (on the map) -
Big Dipper - the waterfall/breakover, IMHO the most technical and dangerous spot on the map
Devil's Den - upper (not currently on the map, but was) extremely narrow, steep with several small drops and an optional 15ft cliff, lower is all rockgarden
Centerpiece - more rockgarden, 6 ft cliff across most of the trail
Julio/Juanita - long, with tight trees, gets skied out, cliffy area at the bottom skiers left

Of course, there are other steep trails and challenging glades, but the above stand out has being the most consistently difficult and interesting. If you can ski all of them well, you are a strong expert skier.

Off the map there are a few spots that can be brutally challenging due to the tightness, but are not particularly steep or dangerous. There are a couple that are very steep and very tight.

What about the drainage in the woods on the right side of Upper East Fall that bags a right before Lower East Fall and dumps back into the Big Dipper Glade.

 

[dlague]

Well I generally don't have a home hill but this year I will - at Cannon I believe it to be Tram Line!


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[Highway Star]

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That's clearly not a skiable area and not on the map. You should delete your post before someone goes looking in there and gets hurt!!

 

[MadMadWorld]

That's clearly not a skiable area and not on the map. You should delete your post before someone goes looking in there and gets hurt!!

Yea like me

 

[skiNEwhere]

Lake chutes. the shady wall especially. I still have not hit it, waiting for some more snow. It's scary

Yes, that is very scary indeed. That's actually the exact spot I went down.

 

[MadMadWorld]

Yes, that is very scary indeed. That's actually the exact spot I went down.

That's pretty ballsy dude.

 

[skiNEwhere]

That's pretty ballsy dude.

Ballsy bordering stupid. Not sure which category I fall in. Probably stupid since I went back there to try again

 

[Highway Star]

Yea like me

Good luck, it's terrible place to ski, I already said it's unskiable.

 

[MadMadWorld]

Ballsy bordering stupid. Not sure which category I fall in. Probably stupid since I went back there to try again

It's only stupid if you get hurt. Otherwise it's just a poor decision

 

[Domeskier]

What about the drainage in the woods on the right side of Upper East Fall that bags a right before Lower East Fall and dumps back into the Big Dipper Glade.

I have it on good authority that this rivals some of the single black terrain in central Connecticut.

 

[Brad J]

+1 on catwalk. That's a great, underrated trail that some people don't even realize is there. since you have to hike up to it

Cat walk to Big dipper was the best

 

[4aprice]

Catwalk - narrow, choppy bumps skied off with thin cover

Got the pleasure of skiing Catwalk from the top several times this past spring (April). One rock showing at the top and great cover the rest of the way down. Great trail.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[St. Bear]

Lake chutes. the shady wall especially. I still have not hit it, waiting for some more snow. It's scary

Sweet. This pic is taken from the bottom of that headwall. My line was the small rocks to the right of the Lake Chutes, but they were covered by snow when I went.

Also included a shot from right before the drop in.

 

[skiNEwhere]

^The tricky part about the lake chutes too is that you really can't "wait for more snow" like the original poster of that pic was saying. If it snows a lot, ski patrol will shut it down for avy control. Once it stops snowing, the winds from the western side of breck immediately pick back up making the cornices even bigger. There's a reason there's bare ground on the western side and cornices on the other.

 

[Puck it]

Good luck, it's terrible place to ski, I already said it's unskiable.

Maybe for you

 

[Puck it]

Well I generally don't have a home hill but this year I will - at Cannon I believe it to be Tram Line!


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Not even close to being difficult.

 

[Savemeasammy]

I would love to contribute to this thread, but my home hill is Pats. I'm out...


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