Steepest Groomers

[SIKSKIER]

Wow. You can ski at Bode speed? :-o Cool. No doubt that I can't handle speed. And I'm fine with that.

No I cant Greg.But I grew up skiing with him as a kid at Cannon.I'm just bustin your chops for dissing my everyday skiing style and love.I love hi speed cruising.Gets my ticker clicking.

 

[Greg]

No I cant Greg.But I grew up skiing with him as a kid at Cannon.I'm just bustin your chops for dissing my everyday skiing style and love.I love hi speed cruising.Gets my ticker clicking.

No worries. Different strokes for different folks!

:beer:

 

[Katahdin]

Is that 75 percent on average, or it's steepest point?

I don't know if the 74 percent (37 degree) stated was the average or maximum, although both may be pretty close for the first few hundred vertical feet in this case. The slope of the top pitch seemed pretty uniform before it begins to flatten out near the bottom of the tram. We saw highlights of the 2002 Men's downhill at the Olympic Park. After skiing the start of the downhill it was amazing to see the Olympic skiers actually skate for a few strides down this slope before getting into a tuck.

Gotta love Snowbasin! One of the few places were it's real difficult to get out of the lodge in the AM/at lunch just simply because they're SO nice!

Snowbasin easily has the most spectacular lodges I have ever seen. Makes the beautiful Deer Valley lodges seem downright ordinary. The attached pic is from the John Paul lodge near the bottom of the Mt Allen tram.

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[SKidds]

I would venture to guess that many people claiming to be an "expert" skier are far from it...

Probably true, although I'm not even sure of how I'd define an "expert" skier. Able to huck your meat all over Baldy in the US Extreme Skiing Championships? If so, there are very few expert skiers on any hill. Possess the technical ability to ski (ski, not just get down) any eastern in bounds trail under any conditions, as well as hike to and navigate a variety of backcountry terrain? I think there are a lot of people who would qualify under that one. When I say "expert" I'm talking about the latter. Maybe we should just call them Advanced Type III skiers, but then would they be able to ski all the double black trails with the "Experts Only" warning?

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Probably true, although I'm not even sure of how I'd define an "expert" skier.

I know one when I see one.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Most people who say they're advanced are probably intermediates and most who say they're experts are probably advanced..for men at least...women seem to be more modest about their ability level..

 

[KingM]

I know one when I see one.

Right. Significantly better than me usually qualifies.

 

[skicone]

I've skied both at Whiteface and Stowe, and the runs that are being mentioned at least have some character to them. My vote for steep, straight-down-the -mountain, groomer has to be off the Cascade chair at Killington. I believe it was called Cascade but it's been several years since I was there.

 

[tjf67]

Palisades @ Squaw - 45.5 degrees (steepest section I could find - 205' long)

There are basically 6 shots down the palisades. The easiest one in 45 at the top with the hardest reaching for the first couple hundred feet 60 degrees. At which point you are not skiing you are freefalling

 

[Brettski]

I would guess falling off the roof of my house would be the steepest

 

[2knees]

I would guess falling off the roof of my house would be the steepest

your roof is a groomer?

how do you get the cat up there? do you have a chairlift or is it hike to only?

 

[RISkier]

I'm probably off topic here but wanted to second comments about the Snowbasin lodges. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I could've moved into the men's room. And while Deer Valley has more upscale food choices, the food at Snowbasin was excellent and a pretty good value.

My take on "an expert skier" is someone who can almost any terrain in almost any condition and ski it in control and with intent. An expert might ski it fast or slow but they're able to dictate the terms. Someone who can comfotably ski bumps, steeps, powder, trees, variable surface conditions, etc. I wouldn't include extreme skiing involving big air as a requirement. I'm definately not an expert skier. I merely aspire to get better.