Jully
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I like the Ragged trees on Ragged proper (not Spear/Ravine) for intermediate glades too!
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Mount Snow says they cleared a bunch of new woods.
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I like the Ragged trees on Ragged proper (not Spear/Ravine) for intermediate glades too!
Jully
Active member
The ride and ski card provides pretty good deals at a few NH resorts. VT is definitely better though for deals.
sugarbushskier
Member
Don't ski MS often, but the few times I have I found the woods off of Nitro chair (mine shaft/tunnel vision area) at Carinthia weren't bad. Lines were good. Safety meetings helped!
I'm not a snowboarder, but would venture over for some fun.
I'm not a snowboarder, but would venture over for some fun.
rtibbs4
Member
We made Mount Snow our main mountain this year and had some feedback from our experience.
North Face: Most people know the trees off Olympic. Fun with mix of difficulties but we felt the trees to the right of the challenger lift line were the most challenging and fun on that side of the mountain.
Main Face: We really enjoyed the right side of Ridge. It is obvious there was clearing here. You can actually jump in and out of the trees all the way down to the top of the tumbleweed lift. My young sons loved this area and we had the most fun on the mountain together here.
Sunbrook: Darkside of the moon..definite clearing, challenging and fun but the surprise was the right side of Big Dipper. I don't think there has been any official clearing here but plenty of open lines through the alders and pines. Don't go too far or you may be hiking back up to the bottom of the Sunbrook lift.
North Face: Most people know the trees off Olympic. Fun with mix of difficulties but we felt the trees to the right of the challenger lift line were the most challenging and fun on that side of the mountain.
Main Face: We really enjoyed the right side of Ridge. It is obvious there was clearing here. You can actually jump in and out of the trees all the way down to the top of the tumbleweed lift. My young sons loved this area and we had the most fun on the mountain together here.
Sunbrook: Darkside of the moon..definite clearing, challenging and fun but the surprise was the right side of Big Dipper. I don't think there has been any official clearing here but plenty of open lines through the alders and pines. Don't go too far or you may be hiking back up to the bottom of the Sunbrook lift.
dlague
Active member
Mid season is tough at BW for deals. We used to go with my brother in law that lived in Coos County and we would ski the afternoons for $25. Ride and Ski has a mid season Saturday as part of their tour.
Other Nh Deals with The Ride and Ski Card are Waterville sun-fri 2 for 1, Ragged Sun-Fri 2 for 1, Whaleback everyday 2 for 1 Crotched M-F 2 for 1
ss20
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Glad you could find some joy out of my dripping sarcasm.
I don't remember posting this at all last year...it's funny though.
The part about Sundown wasn't sarcasm, though - right?
ss20
Well-known member
Of course not- they have a double black diamond so they're pretty legit. I don't know if it attracts the extreme Big Wall skiers of Whiteface though...
Pfffffff
By the powers vested in me, I hereby dock thee four GNAR points and condemn you to a penance of four sequential runs down Madonna liftline. **Thanks be to the Fixed Grips**
That's what I thought. Take the Big Walls at Whiteface, crank up the pitch and throw in some Connecticut grade wall moguls and maybe those guys will get a rough idea of what it's like to ski Satan's Staircase in optimal conditions. Does Whiteface even have a double black diamond?
Jcb890
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I'm usually pretty good at picking up on sarcasm, but you guys make it a challenge sometimes.
You're speaking of Satan's Stairway at Ski Sundown? That's the sarcasm part, right? Man, I must sound dumb! :lol:
You're speaking of Satan's Stairway at Ski Sundown? That's the sarcasm part, right? Man, I must sound dumb! :lol:
It would be singularly unwise to treat the Stairway with anything but the utmost awe and respect. I'm not sure why I can never get its name right...
dlague
Active member
You are onto something - neither do Jay Peak or Cannon. That run must be something else!
Yep, you can't argue with the ratings!
Jcb890
Active member
Wachusett has TWO!!!! black diamond trails. They're definitely as challenging as any black diamond trail out there. I don't notice much difference between 10th Mountain Trail or Smith Walton and Superstar.
Jully
Active member
I think they're both slightly harder than Tramline at Cannon, another single black.
bdfreetuna
New member
you ser?
My local hill has a double black diamond pitch.
While I agree it's kind of ridiculous, that one pitch, although short, is significantly steeper than anything else on the hill and the conditions can be very sketchy, so rating it as harder than everything else makes sense.
While I agree it's kind of ridiculous, that one pitch, although short, is significantly steeper than anything else on the hill and the conditions can be very sketchy, so rating it as harder than everything else makes sense.
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