Obvious Poaches

[2knees]

ok, we have a 500 page thread dedicated to mentioning stashes online. Not going there, but there are some poaches out there that are in plain view of anyone with even 20/500 vision. thought maybe it would be cool to list some of the better ones or ones that interest you.


couple i've always wanted to try are the old Devils Fiddle quad liftline at Kmart and also at Kmart, the K1 liftline. there's one more at killington but i think it may be getting into the grey area so i'll just say it involves a removed lift.

gonna edit this to add one more that i've been staring at since i was about 12.

for the one or two days a year it might be skiable, the shot under the further left of the triples at sundown. there are 2 decent drops in there that look like they would be a blast.

 

[dmc]

Chairline under the quad at Hunter...
Usually the last run of a big pow day...

 

[Greg]

for the one or two days a year it might be skiable, the shot under the further left of the triples at sundown. there are 2 decent drops in there that look like they would be a blast.

I think that's how johnnypoach got his name.

 

[2knees]

Chairline under the quad at Hunter...
Usually the last run of a big pow day...

do people actually huck that HUGE cliff under it? I cant even begin to imagine how scary that landing must be.

 

[bvibert]

I think that's how johnnypoach got his name.

That's my understanding.

 

[drjeff]

Lower 1/2 of the liftline under Sunbrook Quad at Mount Snow. Heck, 3 days after a storm last Feb/March it practically looked they they took a cat on it it was so tracked out and flat.

 

[deadheadskier]

The Chute at MRG on a snowboard. I don't even snowboard :lol:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The marquee route under the 6-pack at Blue mountain..

 

[tjf67]

The Chute at MRG on a snowboard. I don't even snowboard :lol:

I would love to see that. You would have 69 hippies skiing after you. Dont you know snoboards wreck everything.

 

[cbcbd]

I would love to see that. You would have 69 hippies skiing after you. Dont you know snoboards wreck everything.

its been done
http://www.madriverglen.com/gallery...=48&imageSet=1219077460-48a9a5546c428&AddRel=

MRG even had an official poach day this year... can't find pics from it though.

 

[Highway Star]

also at Kmart, the K1 liftline.

Very, very dangerous. All sorts of stumps, logs and rocks hidden under the surface of the snow, assuming it's not just a sheet of ice under a thin coat of snow. Ski patrol says people have been hurt badly on it, and advise that people stay off it. It's closed for reason.

 

[chase]

alta zero at jackson hole

 

[powhunter]

That's my understanding.

yep I was riding up watching him....he hucked that rock with a cheesy spread then got busted at the bottom by SP

steve

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

alta zero at jackson hole

Last season a guy broke his leg on Alta Zero and to add insult to injury..he is now blacklisted from JHMR..

 

[powbmps]

Under the Spruce Peak triple at Sunday River can be pretty fun. Best on a day with low visibility. Or Spruce Cliffs. Funny that was actually a trail for a brief period of time. Didn't circle it though. May not be considered "obvious".

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

Under the Spruce Peak triple at Sunday River can be pretty fun.

...if you like flat to uphill landings.
Always get a good laugh outta that one, most of the tracks going over those "cliffs" look like "woooohoooo....SPLAT"

 

[powbmps]

Dude, you just need to stop quick :-D

 

[Geoff]

Very, very dangerous. All sorts of stumps, logs and rocks hidden under the surface of the snow, assuming it's not just a sheet of ice under a thin coat of snow. Ski patrol says people have been hurt badly on it, and advise that people stay off it. It's closed for reason.

Before ASC cut that liftline the line through the woods between Flume and Cascade used to be called Cathedral. The lower part of Cathedral is still intact and dumps you out on what used to be the bottom slice of Cascade before they put a big net across it. The K1 liftline is not dangerous at all in typical midwinter snowpack. I skied Cathedral a jillion times in the old days and I've had a ton of runs on it since it became the K1 liftline.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I think Highway Star just wants to keep it to himself..

Under the triple at Stowe is a fun little shot that used to be off-limits but now it's open and it's named Hacketts highway after a former ski patroller. There are a few small ledgy sections and a hole or two to watch out for near the bottom. The very top of lookout under the lookout double at Stowe is usually closed..it's a fun poach..the same goes for Upper Upper liftline which is usually closed..watch out for a big concrete footing from a former chairlift..

 

[hardline]

I think Highway Star just wants to keep it to himself..

Under the triple at Stowe is a fun little shot that used to be off-limits but now it's open and it's named Hacketts highway after a former ski patroller. There are a few small ledgy sections and a hole or two to watch out for near the bottom. The very top of lookout under the lookout double at Stowe is usually closed..it's a fun poach..the same goes for Upper Upper liftline which is usually closed..watch out for a big concrete footing from a former chairlift..

never new that was off limits. back im my day as soon as there was enough snow to get off the trails the patrol was happy there was no fights between skiers and boarders. it was nuts when they just had the early season route down. i don't think i have ever been stoped by a patroler on stowe. i even bumped into one when i was comming out of the woods over by poweline before they opened up the gondi side early season. i exploded out of a snowbank and stoped like two feet from him and we both just laughed and headed down to the quad.