The Five Toughest Runs in the East

[chuckstah]

The gully next to chin clip is pretty friggin hard

Riverbed?

 

[joshua segal]

Lots of great suggestions, ignoring the crowd and condition-generated ones. LeMassif has the Charlevoix, which short of Tuckerman Ravine, is the longest sustained steep that I can recall.

 

[Hawk]

It's interesting the the OP chose some intersections as most difficult. Grand junction at SR, I have years of experience with. It's never a big deal to me as it is a stopping point to collect my wife or other friends.

In my experinces, I choose these trails. If we are going to start talking about off piste, that is a totally different list:
1) Paradise - MRG
2) Goat - Stowe
3) Liftline - Sugarbush
4) Black Diamond - Sugarbush
5) Several different ways down off the snow feilds at Sugarloaf.
also the chutes off of the top of Jay but I can only pick 5.

 

[ceo]

And the stuff in between is pretty fucking rad I found out a couple months ago

I seem to recall, a few years ago someone discovered a cliff the hard way in there (between Tramline and Kinsman Glade), and did not survive.

 

[tumbler]

Ok, I'll do it. Downspout.

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

I'm inclined to think that anyone who's not at least considering DJs (Tramline) for this list has never actually skied it.

Also I'm somewhat surprised Redline and top of original Black Line (both at Magic) have not been mentioned.

Conditions play a huge factor in perceived difficulty. I've skied many of the trails mentioned here in typical conditions, and when they've been almost "ski without caution" filled in.

 

[kingslug]

Riverbed?

Dont know..one and done