Scariest ski trails in the northeast

[SkiDork]

1 thing about lower O, if you Do slide you have a nice easy runout at the bottom.

 

[Greg]

1 thing about lower O, if you Do slide you have a nice easy runout at the bottom.

Unlike Claire's at Hunter. That trail is a slide magnet. And you have a good chance of sliding into a fence at the top, or the woods at the bottom...

 

[dmc]

There are no scary trails... Only scared people..

Unless these trails are haunted by pirate ghosts... then .... scary..

 

[dmc]

Unlike Claire's at Hunter. That trail is a slide magnet. And you have a good chance of sliding into a fence at the top, or the woods at the bottom...

it's because it's steep and people do not even have the concept of self arrest..


44 and lower K are worse...

 

[billski]

There are no scary trails... Only scared people..

Unless these trails are haunted by pirate ghosts... then .... scary..

There will never be a consensus on this topic, which is the way it should be. Ask a group of rank beginners to define scary, you'll get an even different answer.

 

[ta&idaho]

Illustration here: http://www.snowjournal.com/page.php?cid=galimg26240 I mean really sheer, in fact closed. but somebody made tracks down that little strip of snow on the right. :-o

Ripcord often looks like that. Ick.

I think we've established that conditions--not terrain--account for the scariest situations in the East. Craptastic conditions sometimes develop out West, but you're usually not as tempted to try it. At Hunter in particular, boredom mixed with a tinge of masochism always seem to convince me to try out runs even when they look miserable (Lower K and Claire's in particular). Ouch.

 

[SkiDork]

There are no scary trails... Only scared people..

Unless these trails are haunted by pirate ghosts... then .... scary..

arrrgg

 

[Highway Star]

That trail is straight down... can't imagine someone hitting that up under those conditions...

I've poached ripcord when it was sheet ice and there was less snow on it than that. Not sure it was quite the same level of glaze shinyness as in that pic, but it was certainly ungroomed and hard as a rock....you fall you slide to the bottom type deal.

 

[Puck it]

I have only had second thoughts about trails on the first day at Jackson Hole.

 

[billski]

arrrgg

Man, they let anyone into that house!
:beer:

 

[dmc]

There will never be a consensus on this topic, which is the way it should be. Ask a group of rank beginners to define scary, you'll get an even different answer.

Exactly...

So last time I was in Jackson Hole I was riding with some locals - all awesome freerider/skiers... They wanted to hit the Pucker Face on my first day..
I asked them how long it took before they hit that shti after first moving out.. Responses varied.. But nobody said the first day...

 

[dmc]

Also - what does scary mean? Death? Maiming? Embarrassment?

 

[tjf67]

Also - what does scary mean? Death? Maiming? Embarrassment?

Maiming possible death. That equals scary. Getting embarrassed is a good character builder and does not play into my equasion.

That said.


The chutes at Jay and the slides at whiteface are two areas in the east that make me feel that way. There are some places I have been in Stowe and Sugarbush that have given me the pit in my belly but I have no idea where I was. I am sure there are plenty of places I have not been that would do the same.

 

[dmc]

Maiming possible death. That equals scary. Getting embarrassed is a good character builder and does not play into my equasion.

You sure? I've seen people too embarrassed to start before... Think beginner.... not your current bad ass self...

 

[4aprice]

Scariest Trail: Any trail at Nashoba (Mass.)

It's the kids, not the slope!

Good point, except in my case it would be any trail at Mountain Creek. I've been hit by other skiers there, more than once. Won't ski there anymore.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[St. Bear]

Maiming possible death. That equals scary. Getting embarrassed is a good character builder and does not play into my equasion.

That said.


The chutes at Jay and the slides at whiteface are two areas in the east that make me feel that way. There are some places I have been in Stowe and Sugarbush that have given me the pit in my belly but I have no idea where I was. I am sure there are plenty of places I have not been that would do the same.

At least for me, embarassing isn't scary. If that were the case, I would never leave a groomed trail (which I do quite often).

Scary is the thought in the back of your mind that you may have to be carried down the slopes, and have someone else drive your car home for you. For me, that mostly comes into play when there are mandatory airs.

 

[Greg]

not your current bad ass self...

:lol: Something tells me TJ has never thought of himself as anything less than a bad ass....

 

[Marc]

That's lower bunny buster you're thinking of, but thanks for playing.

Incorrect.

 

[hammer]

For me, there's a certain pucker factor that comes in at the first run of the day...

Most of the time when I look at/down the steep stuff I usually think crazy, not scary...but that's usually because I bail on those trails anyway.

 

[dmc]

:lol: Something tells me TJ has never thought of himself as anything less than a bad ass....

i see that