What trail / run in the Northeast could you reach the highest speeds on?

[freeskier423]

Whiteface Skyward

 

[jrmagic]

For me it's Challenge and Razor's Edge at Blue Mountain. I don't know how fast but my helmet usually starts lifting off my head, if it wasn't for the chin strap it would probably come off.

No way!! You better go do that again and then bring us the ticket when the Blue speed patrol... I mean ski patrol shoots you with the radar gun:flame:

 

[bdfreetuna]

Tuckerman's over the lip down into the bowl

You could probably get up to 50mph in the right conditions on Mt Washington summit cone..

it will flat out for a bit in the Alpine Gardens but tuck it and aim straight off Huntington Ravine's Pinnacle Gully .. if you did it right you could probably get at least 1000 vertical feet of air

You will die, but at least probably would have set some kind of speed record on skis... or at least the record for most insane thing that you should definitely not do

 

[octopus]

white heat. unknown speed, but anyone who can straight line that has got some balls.

off topic but, 33 mph is not really very fast, is it?kinda normal i think

 

[Highway Star]

off topic but, 33 mph is not really very fast, is it?kinda normal i think

I hit 33 mph walking to the lift.

 

[Nick]

33 is probably a normal cruising speed ... i'm guessing.

 

[octopus]

just checking for something else. thx

 

[wintersyndrome]

Just curious what everyone is using to measure their speeds.

I had a garmin handheld GPS where it would measure your top speed from waypoint to waypoint. Highest I had was about 50mph on some groomers out west..
..for the record I snowboard

 

[deadheadskier]

I hit 33 mph walking to the lift.

Wearing a speed suit? or jeans?

 

[AdironRider]

33 with mandatory gs turns

 

[mondeo]

Just curious what everyone is using to measure their speeds.

I had a garmin handheld GPS where it would measure your top speed from waypoint to waypoint. Highest I had was about 50mph on some groomers out west..
..for the record I snowboard

Most people I'm guessing use a phone GPS tracking app. It's what I use.

 

[Nick]

Yup, I use Google MyTracks.

 

[Madroch]

Hit 85 on Juggernaut at the K on a pow day one year....Man I was cranking!! Ok maybe not 85, but at least 75...And my 1 year old son was right on my ass

Steveo

My wife hit 90 while pregnant... that fetus was flying!

 

[WWF-VT]

I think that most of you guys hitting 60-70+ MPH as measured by your GPS or a 99 cent App on your smartphone are kidding yourselves if you really believe you are hitting those speeds.

According to the USGS:

Several things must be taken into account when determining the accuracy of handheld
GPS receiver readings.

A GPS receiver used in a stand-alone (handheld) mode can provide accuracies within +/-100 meters of a true position. Such variations in accuracy can be attributed to one or more of the following factors:

Selective availability (S/A) is the intentional degradation of the GPS signal. The Department of Defense controls S/A to limit accuracy for non-U.S. military users. S/A can introduce errors of up to 100 meters.

User mistakes, including incorrect geodetic datum selection, can cause errors from one to hundreds of meters.

Receiver errors from software or hardware failures can cause errors of any size.

I know a few guys who have done Doug Lewis’ Speed Camp at Sugarbush. They train to hit measured speeds of 65+ MPH on GS skis with racing suits. It’s highly unlikely that a recreational skier tucking on your favorite fast run is going to hit those speeds.

 

[ceo]

SA has been turned off on the GPS system for years now. They first did so at the time of the first Gulf War, when they didn't have enough military-grade GPS receivers and had soldiers buy civilian units.

 

[mondeo]

I think that most of you guys hitting 60-70+ MPH as measured by your GPS or a 99 cent App on your smartphone are kidding yourselves if you really believe you are hitting those speeds.

According to the USGS:

Several things must be taken into account when determining the accuracy of handheld
GPS receiver readings.

A GPS receiver used in a stand-alone (handheld) mode can provide accuracies within +/-100 meters of a true position. Such variations in accuracy can be attributed to one or more of the following factors:

Selective availability (S/A) is the intentional degradation of the GPS signal. The Department of Defense controls S/A to limit accuracy for non-U.S. military users. S/A can introduce errors of up to 100 meters.

User mistakes, including incorrect geodetic datum selection, can cause errors from one to hundreds of meters.

Receiver errors from software or hardware failures can cause errors of any size.

I know a few guys who have done Doug Lewis’ Speed Camp at Sugarbush. They train to hit measured speeds of 65+ MPH on GS skis with racing suits. It’s highly unlikely that a recreational skier tucking on your favorite fast run is going to hit those speeds.

Then how is my GPS dead nuts on when in the car? Also, if there were accuracy issues, you'd get scatter in the data. But if you look at a single run, you don't get the low spikes you'd need to get high spikes up to 65mph, it'll be sustained high speed for a period of time. It works pretty well.

 

[skimawk]

Since there was a lot of doubt about me going 70+mph at Sunapee the other day.. which I still stand behind and in the future will prove one way or another

What trails or runs on what mountain do you think you could safely (or maybe a little bit dangerously even) achieve a very high speed?

What run / where / how fast / let's hear it!

A offically closed trail for racing. I would never make a speed run on a trail open for the general public. If you partake in this activity, your one of the skiers that makes it dangerous for the rest of us.

 

[bdfreetuna]

I know a few guys who have done Doug Lewis’ Speed Camp at Sugarbush. They train to hit measured speeds of 65+ MPH on GS skis with racing suits. It’s highly unlikely that a recreational skier tucking on your favorite fast run is going to hit those speeds.

I never said I was a recreational skiier. LIVE SKI OR DIE!!

 

[bdfreetuna]

A offically closed trail for racing. I would never make a speed run on a trail open for the general public. If you partake in this activity, your one of the skiers that makes it dangerous for the rest of us.

The way I see it, Skiing is one hell of a dangerous sport.

The best way to reduce that danger is to improve your skills constantly, maintain alertness, and trust your instincts.

If you are one of the people sitting on his ass in the middle of a ski trail you are the ones making it (slightly) dangerous for those of us who are there to slay the mountain!

But for real, I always ski in control, I can stop quick in almost any conditions, and in the worst case scenario I am always prepared to yardsale at full speed to avoid someone down the mountain.

Anyone down the mountain has the right of way. That is rule #1. But that doesnt mean expert skiiers have to pretend that they aren't

 

[Black Phantom]

My pipe does not stay lit after 40mph.