Steepest slope in the East

[Birdman829]

Is that a shot of Denton?

Hmmm, looks like Corbet's with decent snow pack.

It is. I was showing it in response to another guys joke that denton makes corbets look flat

 

[skidude]

I am over from PASkiandRide, and so far we havn't had anyone who has skied it to my knoledge. I have heard from some people who have seen it that it is very steep. However I think the mountain is about 500 vertical, so I don't think it would be steep for more than 75 feet or so. Heres a link to a topic that came up on our site. http://www.paskiandride.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1470&hl=

 

[riverc0il]

perhaps they meant 66 degree pitch, lol. or they measured backwards and forgot to subtract from 90? :lol:

 

[ctenidae]

It's not a pitch of 66 degrees, you guys. 66 degrees is the temperature they serve their pitchers. The kegolator's busted, you see...

 

[awf170]

The scary part about Ski Denton, which I shall now refer to as The Extreme Skiing Capital of the East, is that Avalanche, with it's 66 degree pitch, isn't even the most difficult trail there. No, my friends, that title belongs to none other than Bear Run. Why, you might ask? I tell you. Forget single fall lines. I don't even want to hear about your puny, pathetic double fall lines. This trail sports a TRIPLE FALL LINE!!! That's right, it goes downhill, slopes a little to the right, and then actually bursts through the space time continuum such that by the time you reach the bottom, you're only starting again at the top!!

That is awsome, one of the funniest things i have ever heard :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Now my question is what the heck is a triple fallline. Man if that is there single black imagine the triple

 

[Treeskier]

Ironically the steepest in East I've seen is Parachute

Ironically the steepest trail on a trail map I've skied in the East is at Mt. Snow and it is called I believe Parachute. Unfortunatly it is only 5 turns long with a flat run out. I did get to ski it last January after the 30 plus inch snow storm. Even got to ski the trees to the right of it before patrol had a chance. Then 2 hours later after skiing all of the North side out there was nothing left worth skiing there. Nothing else with pitch.....end up going back North to Sugarbush for lots of sustained pitch.

The second steepest trail I think is "The Face" at Jay Peak no wait....Mad River did open that head wall under the single once last year and the year before....that would be the steepest. Only MT Snow has that beat becouse they blow snow on Parachute and leave it open a lot.

Else where in the world I remember sking Chomone (spelled wrong) where I skied what seemed like a snow cone that curved to almost 90 degres. And Furnie with it's intense steeps.

Should be skiing soon.

 

[Greg]

Okay, who posted this:

http://www.paskiandride.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2027&st=0&p=33532&#entry33532

Whoever it was, kudos. Very classy post. :beer:

 

[awf170]

To make the PA skiers and riders happy, I call out sugarloaf on white nitro and say that claiming a 55 degree pitch is total crap. I bet it never even gets over 40, and if it does it is only for like 2 turns. I did some math the other day and white nitro top to bottom is only 29 degrees. See we are just negitive people and trash all the ski areas :wink: :lol:

 

[Mark D]

thank you for not making me look like a lyer over on pasr.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

It was me

Someone had to go over there and be a diplomat while pulling your butt out of the fire. :lol:

I used a diferent name cause photogf128 is for AlpineZone and only Alpinezone posts.

 

[ctenidae]

Somebody GoogleEarth Denton and see what it's about. I would but my 5 year old laptop won't run it, and work doesn't like downloads.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

I did last night, unfortunately with the free version the resolution is poor so I could not really see anything.

Several of the areas talked about over in the PA skiers board sound pretty interesting but getting info is dificult. They seem to be truly "hidden gems". Still trying when I get a free moment.

 

[JimG.]

Since this guy who took such offense made a point to single out Hunter (seems to be a trend whenever someone gets offended or negative), this Hunter skier just wants to say...

Let's meet up anytime, anywhere you want and do some skiing. That's the best way for folks to see who can rip and who can't.

 

[JimG.]

thank you for not making me look like a lyer over on pasr.

I think your poster Ski999 needs to make a few turns ASAP. Is he always that cranky?

 

[Greg]

Since this guy who took such offense made a point to single out Hunter (seems to be a trend whenever someone gets offended or negative), this Hunter skier just wants to say...

Let's meet up anytime, anywhere you want and do some skiing. That's the best way for folks to see who can rip and who can't.

Ha! No kidding. Can I tag along when you give "ski999" the Hunter grand tour? I'd love to watch him try to keep up with you and Karl.... I think I've been as civil as possible there, along with SRO. He just wants to be confrontational.

 

[NHpowderhound]

JimG. wrote

Since this guy who took such offense made a point to single out Hunter (seems to be a trend whenever someone gets offended or negative), this Hunter skier just wants to say...

Let's meet up anytime, anywhere you want and do some skiing. That's the best way for folks to see who can rip and who can't.

:roll: This reminds me of the old RSN boards where we'd beat our chests and and say how much better my resort is than your resort. It was fun at first but things got nasty quick. Guys would be calling each other out, and not to ski. I could give a flying flock about how "good" anyone skis. I'm in it for a good time.
Perhaps a friendly race between the PA skiers and riders and the AZ racing team. Loser buys the beers(or cokes for those under 21). I bet they like Rolling Rock! But something tells me the AZ'ers are going to drink for free that night! :wink:
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[JimG.]

Since this guy who took such offense made a point to single out Hunter (seems to be a trend whenever someone gets offended or negative), this Hunter skier just wants to say...

Let's meet up anytime, anywhere you want and do some skiing. That's the best way for folks to see who can rip and who can't.

Ha! No kidding. Can I tag along when you give "ski999" the Hunter grand tour? I'd love to watch him try to keep up with you and Karl.... I think I've been as civil as possible there, along with SRO. He just wants to be confrontational.

Hey, who knows, this guy may be a great skier...I don't know, but it sounds funny when someone goes crazy and accuses a whole web community of being dorkish posers when his issue is that we don't really know his ski areas.

Since he doesn't really know me as a skier either, I thought it might be a good idea to have some tea and a chat.

 

[Tin Woodsman]

Wow, ski999 really needs to get laid or something. Just another case of keyboard course, it seems to me. He's ranting and raving about us bashing PA skiing. There might have been a little joking about this and that (where else can you see the site of the nation's most notorious nuclear incident while you're skiing?), but no wholesale bashing of the state's skiing experience. The only derogotory comments I made about Denton was their pathetic marketing excess. I would challenge anyone to substantiate the claim that any section of "Avalanche" greater than 20 feet in length has a 66 degree pitch. That's just utter BS. And what exactly is a "Triple Fall Line"? I standa by my statement that the marketing people at Ski Denton are clearly hacks. Probably some good skiers there too, along with bad ones. Same as any resort in VT.

 

[Tin Woodsman]

Hey, who knows, this guy may be a great skier...I don't know, but it sounds funny when someone goes crazy and accuses a whole web community of being dorkish posers when his issue is that we don't really know his ski areas.

Doubt it. Corbet's Collier? Is that a new breed of dog?

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Doubt it. Corbet's Collier? Is that a new breed of dog?

Gee whiz Tin, I don't think you have much of a future as a diplomat. :blink: