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Narrowest trail with snowmaking?

salsgang

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Saddleback has a couple of narrow snowmaking trails probably. Supervisor and Wardens Worry from the top... Blue Devil and Professor are pretty tight in spots.
 

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The old liftline trail near the Peabody Quad gets snow making. It used to be part of Lower Ravine but they renamed it to add a trail a few year's back. That trail is about as wide as Spookie. Cannon blows snow on a lot of narrow trails when you think about it.
 

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Does it really go uphill? I remember it being dead flat... just kinda coast across and start cranking turns down Gremlin under the lift.

It goes uphill at the beginnjng. You need to carry speed to about the halfway point. The left side of the trail drops off quite a bit. A guy died on this trail a year ago.
 

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The old liftline trail near the Peabody Quad gets snow making. It used to be part of Lower Ravine but they renamed it to add a trail a few year's back. That trail is about as wide as Spookie. Cannon blows snow on a lot of narrow trails when you think about it.


Forgot about Chute.
 

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How about upper binder at the loaf? I thought they blew snow on that trail.

It's a shame you can't ski binder all the way down anymore. It was a great alternative to tote road and overall fun as hell.
 

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Southpaw at Sunday River.

Edit: ^ Beat me to it.

Great name! I need to order a trail sign. A little biased on my part, but I wish it were not groomed and left natural. The multiple fallines and drops with make a decent black diamond, but sadly, it was cut to ease congestion and not for the joy of skiing... :snow:
 

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How about upper binder at the loaf? I thought they blew snow on that trail.

It's a shame you can't ski binder all the way down anymore. It was a great alternative to tote road and overall fun as hell.

Upper Binder has been widened and I believe they use the pipe for Tote Road to blow on it. Back in the day it was great top to bottom - like a long natural halfpipe.
 

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Upper Binder has been widened and I believe they use the pipe for Tote Road to blow on it. Back in the day it was great top to bottom - like a long natural halfpipe.

I can remember my dad teaching how to make short little turns on that run. It seemed like it just went forever. super fun back in the day. The lower part is a work road now right?
 
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