Where's the natural entrance and exit to Egan's? Is the entrance off of Murphy's or is it off of VH traverse. I've seen many folks jumping into the woods off of VH traverse. Also, is the natural exit to Egan's on Lower Birdland?
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So about halfway down and in btw Lower Rim Run and the lift? Or from the top of the chair?
KustyTheKlown
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big unmissable entrance to egans off of VH traverse and yep it dumps you onto lower birdland
KustyTheKlown
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yep, halfway down after crossing the groomer below FIS. theres a creek in the middle (prob filled in now), mellow open glades on both sides, but moreso to skier's left. also a teepee
Between Looking Good and Rim Run. Fair warning that there's a large tree down across the main route from the primary entrance at the corner of those trails (or at least there was last weekend). Easy to avoid if you stick left as long as you're not flying in thinking you know the first few turns.
ducky
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Hope you're talking about going in by Looking Good/Rim Run and not going in at the very top on the Long Trail. The top is definitely experts only and can easily lead you away from lift served terrain if you follow gravity and the fall line.
KustyTheKlown
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oh ya 100%. ive never accessed slide brook or anything off the top of ellen. always curious about that long trail path tho...
Shredmonkey254
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you are missing out an a lot if this is the case...
KustyTheKlown
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ive only skied slidebrook a handful of times, off of lynx. most of the time i dont want to wait for a bus back. it feels very obvious from lincoln. i just dont know fuck all about the routing from ellen. would be curious if there's any good skiing that brings me back to ellen lifts and not into slide brook tho...
entrance to Mellen Slide is at elbow of Rim Run after it passes Scotch Mist/Looking Good. Do not go alone or with someone whose never done it before. Very few who know how to get around the few ravines it can dump you in.
not that I've ever experienced unless lower Moose to lower FIS - nothing to the skies right of FIS will get you back to MEllen lifts short of a very long slog uphill . ..
Hawk
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One thing is for sure....I am not following 1Dog.
Hawk
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Unless you ski the woods to the skiers left of Lower FIS, you will not be able to ski back to the lifts. Everything to the Right drains down into the stream beds and eventually you will find your way to the bus....Eventually.....Unless you hike up like 1Dog says.
Shredmonkey254
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Excellent point about skiing this area solo. Chances are that nobody will hear your whistle out there because so few drop off the long trail. When the day comes that you are done racking up vert and more into the adventure quest for powder, you will grow to love this area with a bud or two. There is nothing better in the east.
I've said this before here and have had generous offers from fellow posters to guide me. Even though I've been a Sugarbush skier for 15+ years, I've never skied Slidebrook. There's a couple of reasons. 15 years ago, I skied a ton with my kids (who were great skiers, but young at the time) and my wife who wasn't such a great skier. I never wanted to put them in a situation that could potentially get bad. Now I mostly ski solo and don't know my way around Slidebrook well enough to risk it alone. I suspect I'd be fine, but there's plenty in bounds stuff that keeps me busy. Every season, I say to myself that I'm going to take a lesson and have them take me into SB. I just never get around to it. Maybe this is the year!
KustyTheKlown
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i can only speak to my limited experience as accessing from north lynx. very obvious lines, pretty damn mellow and well travelled tree skiing.
would you more well versed people agree with the assessment as accessed from lincoln side?
would you more well versed people agree with the assessment as accessed from lincoln side?
Shredmonkey254
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Mellow - yes. Well traveled - absolutely not... excepting the in-road from north lynx and the out-road down to the bus. Not saying anything more!
Just saw that the 2:45 report says HG & NL lifts closed for the day, 1st time I checked the report, perhaps they were down all day. I'm not skiing today, so I don't know about the wind situation, all the say is closed "boy oh boy"...
Hawk
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I'm not skiing, I don't care. Everything worked all weekend for me.
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