The single best on piste run in the Northeast

[NHpowderhound]

I'm still unclear if we should consider glades.
It doesnt matter though, I cant pick just ONE in eighther catagory.
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[loafer89]

Austin knows what he is talking about, I don't know if the backside at the loaf "counts" but if it does I would second that!!!

As for Castlerock, I think rumble really is the best. It is so narrow, and so technical!

Advance that vote one further for me, the backside is incredible.

 

[kingslug]

The Slides at Whiteface. They are not open alot (9 days so far this season), but they are on the map. Cliffs, steeps, trees, ledges, even a frozen waterfall. The best lift serviced terrain in the East (IMO). I've never heard anyone who has skied them say otherwise.

I was really hoping to hit them when i went, they where closed and looked treacherous. I would only go with a local.

As far as my favorites. Since i don't travel up north anymore, Hunter west will have to do. When those three are in good shape they are very good runs, Clairs is the favorite though.

 

[kcyanks1]

This is a very biased answer since I am one of the 3 owner-partners of Sugarbush. My favorite trail is Paradise at Sugarbush but Rumble, Stein's, Spillsville. The Mall, Twist, Black Diamond and Tumbler are close seconds. (all at Sugarbush of course) Since I am older now,and need to limber up my knees, my favorite early run is Upper Snowball to Spring Fling largely because the view up there is great in the morning. My deep dark secret is that I skied Paradise at MRG before I skied at Sugarbush and have to rate that right up there with the best. It is nice having two Paradises in the same Valley.

Win

Great that you decided to post here! Thanks for the input. I also want to add that I had a group from my school come up from NYC on a bus trip, and both days when we arrived at the base at South, your son greeted our bus, asked if we had any questions, and made sure everyone was comfortable. I have been very impressed with how nice all the ambassadors (if that is the right word) have been at the mountain in recent years. And of course, it doesn't hurt that the trails are fantastic

 

[deadheadskier]

Gotta be the Black Hole at Smuggs right? Afterall its the only triple black diamond in the east

 

[uphillklimber]

Okay, I guess it's all a matter of perspective, as most of you guys seems to be really great skiers. Me, I still consider myself an intermedite, maybe on the higher end, since I will ski some blacks, even double blacks, depending on snow conditions.....so my vote has to go to just a few favorites: Sugarloaf: timberline(I know it's only a green, but it's a nice cruiser), but if I really was hardcore, I have done White Nitro on a good snow day, which I'd do again, but only, I say ONLY on a good snow day!) Next to that at Sugarloaf there's a lot to choose from, so some of my next favorites there are Ramdown and Hayburner. Then there's always Sunday River which is one of my favorite places, do I have to choose just one? Again on a good snow day, I'd do White Heat, but won't do that any other time. So I'd have to go with stuff over at Jordan Bowl like Rouge Angel and Excalibur. Again on a good snow day Oz is fun, ie Eureka.....too much to choose from at Sunday River though. Let's see...I've been to Sugarbush once on an epic day a few years ago. So I'd have to say that one of my favorites there was Rim Run. Haven't really skied there enough to pick any other runs, but what I remember of that place, was it seemed like a great place to ski and would love to get back out there again sometime.

 

[ChileMass]

So many favorites - so little time:

Nosedive - Stowe
Walking Boss - Loon
Avalanche - Cannon
Chatiemac - Gore
Spillway - Sugarloaf
Maxi - Orford (Quebec)
Dream Maker - Ski Ward!!!!!!

 

[jackstraw]

they could sure do to thin out the glade a bit more, still a lot of crap in there. that is true of all of cannon's glades though.

state owned! being a relatively new glade im hoping it will progress and become cleaner in the future.

without a doubt it belongs among the top trails in the east if you consider, length, fallline, and wilderness factor.

others;
tramline
valhalla
goat
kinsmans glade
WF slides...just for you hpd!! haven't skied it but want to...looks phat!!

 

[AdironRider]

Kinsman should stay exactly as it is. I love that it really feels like your out in the backcountry riding down a hiking trail, as opposed to an actual trail at a aki resort. The lines are tight and there are plenty of rocks, trees, and cliffs to have fun on. The tighter the glades the better if you ask me, thinned out stuff would only detract from the experience.

 

[Greg]

Okay - I've added a poll with the twenty trails that have been mentioned most here. The results should be interesting especially from such a large and varied group of poll options. I purposely left out the Sugarloaf snowfields and the Slides at Whiteface as those are more areas than they are trails. I was torn about including glades here but left them...

 

[AdironRider]

Kinsman takes the early lead! :razz:

 

[riverc0il]

Kinsman should stay exactly as it is. I love that it really feels like your out in the backcountry riding down a hiking trail, as opposed to an actual trail at a aki resort. The lines are tight and there are plenty of rocks, trees, and cliffs to have fun on. The tighter the glades the better if you ask me, thinned out stuff would only detract from the experience.

i never said thin it out, it isn't exactly tight to begin with. i am in favor of them cleaning it up a bit. take a hike up the kinsman trail during the summer and take a look at the crap you are skiing over. they really need to do a better job maintaining, not to be confused with cutting or thinning more.

 

[deadheadskier]

I'm suprised by all the votes for Valhalla. Granted Everglade and Staircase aren't featured in the poll, but I enjoy these two much more than Valhalla.

 

[EPB]

A couple good runs that have gone unmentioned:
Ryan Bas, Dynamite and CBC at Tremblant
Kitzbuel and Northwest Passage at Jay
Le Canyon and La S at Mont Sainte Anne
La 42 and Le Mur at Le Massif
and Ripsaw and Powder Keg at Sugarloaf
Since I have to pick a favorite, I'd say Winter's Way at the loaf (from the ext. to the groomed).
You guys gotta explore Quebec, theyres some great terrain to be had... Even where you wouldnt expect it, like at Tremblant (the reviews tend to only talk about the south and soleil sides).

 

[kcyanks1]

I'm suprised by all the votes for Valhalla. Granted Everglade and Staircase aren't featured in the poll, but I enjoy these two much more than Valhalla.

I voted for Paradise at SB, but mentioned Valhalla as a favorite in my earlier post. I've never had a chance to ski Staircase as it's always been closed when I've been to Jay (all 4 days). As for Everglade, I did make it on that once this past December. Great glade. I guess my preference for Valhalla at this point might be in part due to the better coverage it gets being higher up in the mountain. Snow seemed to be nicer in there. I think Valhalla also is a little wider spaced than Everglade, and I think I prefer that. I also think it might be a little steeper than Everglade, though maybe not steeper than Staircase (which I haven't skied, as I said). If I hit Everglade on a good day, though, perhaps I'd change my mind on all of this.

 

[jackstraw]

i never said thin it out, it isn't exactly tight to begin with. i am in favor of them cleaning it up a bit. take a hike up the kinsman trail during the summer and take a look at the crap you are skiing over. they really need to do a better job maintaining, not to be confused with cutting or thinning more.

ya, that's exactly what i was agreeing with. cleaning it up so its not such a "femur breaker" w/ the all the crap lying below the snow. if they received 300+ a year it wouldn't matter as much...but they don't!

 

[skibum1321]

The tighter the glades the better if you ask me, thinned out stuff would only detract from the experience.

I agree to an extent. There is a point where glades become too tight to even link turns together. For example, the woods off of the top of Rumble are obnoxiously tight and you can't even link turns for most of them.

 

[AdironRider]

For a glade to be perfect I feel it needs to be tight enough that you need to stick your turn perfectly to keep your line going. These are the types of runs that really get the blood flowing and make me a better rider at the same time. Some wicked tight lines at Stowe blow my mind. Have yet to make it to Jay, it sounds like I need to.

 

[JD]

I most enjoy skiing natural Birch forrest. They are always natuarlly open areas, there isn't NEARLY as much pucker growth, i guess due to elevation, and the rees are wicked cool. The old ones get Gnarled, and where they blend into the soft woods, they are really stunted by climate and look like bonzai. Their peeling bark is asthetically pleasing, and holds snow in big clumps.
Also, so much BC is tight maple pucker, or soft woods, when you hit the birches you get the feeling you could just rip.

 

[Zand]

Castlerock Run. Too bad it's the only Castlerock trail not up there...