Name that Ski Trail / Area!

[FRITOLAYGUY]

Gunbarrel at Heavenly

after looking at pics on the internet i think your right

 

[drjeff]

after looking at pics on the internet i think your right

Never skied there personally, but I have seen ALOT of video segments on RSN TV of Glenn Plake ripping Gunny on his 213's!

 

[mattchuck2]

Gunbarrel at Heavenly

We got a winner!

 

[skidmarks]

Back to the East

 

[riverc0il]

Castlerock Liftline? If not... the spacing between those chairs suggest I gotta hit that.

 

[skidmarks]

Yes Yes Yes

Castlerock Liftline? If not... the spacing between those chairs suggest I gotta hit that.

You got it and it was a great day Feb 7th 2008

 

[fixedgrip16]

That looks just the right width. The Loaf would have done well to keep their trails narrower. . . like that. I remember when Wedge was transformed into White Nitro with more girth and snowmaking/grooming to try and tame its steepness and to compete with SR's White Heat. All they achieved in widening it was to ensure any snow would be ripped clean off after it's made and groomed. Moreover it would seem obvious that narrower trails force people to learn how to turn, cut down on windholds, and make all the woods critters happier. Making money however means marketing and competition between resorts to bolster real estate sales to pay for capital improvements. So what's done is done regarding trail widening and SR will always be sumday bigger except in snowmaking.

 

[skidmarks]

Sans Snowmaking

That looks just the right width. The Loaf would have done well to keep their trails narrower. . . like that. I remember when Wedge was transformed into White Nitro with more girth and snowmaking/grooming to try and tame its steepness and to compete with SR's White Heat. All they achieved in widening it was to ensure any snow would be ripped clean off after it's made and groomed. Moreover it would seem obvious that narrower trails force people to learn how to turn, cut down on windholds, and make all the woods critters happier. Making money however means marketing and competition between resorts to bolster real estate sales to pay for capital improvements. So what's done is done regarding trail widening and SR will always be sumday bigger except in snowmaking.

Best part about Liftline is it's au natural. As is the rest of Castlerock.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

Keeping East coast....

 

[drjeff]

Keeping East coast....

The face at West Mountain, NY as taken from the old riblet summit double with a view of the old hall double which BTW was the 1st chair that I ever rode back in 1980!

Next!

 

[deadheadskier]

Keeping East coast....

I'm probably way off here, but the chairlift reminds me of cranmore, though I don't think that lift exists anymore.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

The face at West Mountain, NY as taken from the old riblet summit double with a view of the old hall double which BTW was the 1st chair that I ever rode back in 1980!

Next!

Bingo!!

Geesh, I guess I served a fat one up right down the middle for you. :grin:

West Mountain and Brodie are the only two places I've night skied at.

 

[drjeff]

Bingo!!

Geesh, I guess I served a fat one up right down the middle for you. :grin:

West Mountain and Brodie are the only two places I've night skied at.

A pic of any West Mountain trail taken from just about any angle is a big 'ol meatball on a platter for me. The number of runs I took at that mountain between 1980 and 1993 is literally in the thousands, and basically up until this year they haven't really done anything to the trail system except add in some mid-trail mounted tower fan guns. Plus, a good number of the trails at West I could practically ski with my eyes closed since that's about as good as the lighting system was back then

West is one of those hill that will always have a place in my heart. And frankly it's one of the mountains that I can't wait to take my kids to in a few years to show them where "dad really learned to ski"

 

[Puck it]

New one

 

[deadheadskier]

Face Chutes at Jay?

 

[Puck it]

bingo!!

 

[JPTracker]

bingo!!

The Face Chutes at Jay are right under the Tram. There is no Tram in that picture. If it is at Jay it is either the Saddle or Pump House.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I'd love to hit that..

 

[deadheadskier]

The Face Chutes at Jay are right under the Tram. There is no Tram in that picture. If it is at Jay it is either the Saddle or Pump House.

could be the camera angle and the Tram is right above the photographer and out of view? Just a guess. I only did the chutes once and that was in 2000-2001, so the memory is a tad foggy.

 

[JPTracker]

could be the camera angle and the Tram is right above the photographer and out of view? Just a guess. I only did the chutes once and that was in 2000-2001, so the memory is a tad foggy.

The Face Chutes start directly in front of the tram The guy in the picture is skiing off the ridge. The way I remember the ridge I thought it was a lot steeper and didn't flatten out like it looks in the photo. So I question whether or not it is really Jay.