Which trail do you want to ski the most in the East but never have?

[loafer89]

I would add Bubblecuffer and Winter Way top to Bottom. The top parts of both trails are open very infrequently.

I have skied all of the trails that you list except for Cant Dog, as it is new and has not had enough snow to open when I have been there.

The glades that I have skied at Sugarloaf are:

Boomscooter
Ram Pasture
Rookie River
Lower Rookie River (splinters in my @ss glade)
Broccoli Garden
Stub's Glade
Boomer Glade (bottom of Misery Whip)
Tin Pants
Kurf Glade
Raker Tooth Glade

I would like to ski some of the glades off of Spillway X-Cut, but not alone

I think that to call yourself a true Sugarloafer you have to ski it in all types of weather. My first trip was skiing in -37F and in 1998 I skied in the worst ice storm in Maine history.

 

[awf170]

I would add Bubblecuffer and Winter Way top to Bottom. The top parts of both trails are open very infrequently.

Bubblecuffer, yes winters way maybe. Winters way is so like bubblecuffer, so to cut the list down i would just add one, and i would say that bubblecuffer is the better off the two...
Now to call yourself one crazy loafer you have to ski it top to bottom no stops, that would be a death wish!

 

[loafer89]

I tried to ski it top to bottom in February, but my falls kept stopping me

The funny thing about those trails is that my private lesson instrcutor was not thrilled to ski either.

I have seen plenty of patrol skiers come down both trails without stopping and and VERY high speed through the giant bumps.

 

[awf170]

I would like to ski some of the glades off of Spillway X-Cut, but not alone

Ya i skied them all, pretty awsome. the best one is in between gondi and winters way i think... it is the most open one. Not that bad, i always ski them alone, even though it probably isnt the smartest thing. A lot smarter then when i ski cant dog alone.
The hardest one i think is between white nitro and bubblecuffer, besides being really steep(which doesnt bother me) it is really tight, which is the problem...
Still nice....

 

[awf170]

I tried to ski it top to bottom in February, but my falls kept stopping me

hey if you fall and get right up without coming to a complete stop it counts :wink: :lol:

 

[loafer89]

What trails are you missing?

I skied West Mountain top to Bottom in February, ay carumba, snoreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

 

[awf170]

What trails are you missing?

I skied West Mountain top to Bottom in February, ay carumba, snoreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

west mountain cut across
the new cut across above that
Upper glancier
horseshoe
good chance x cut
winters way above the spillway
the new terrian park
whatever that one trail is in the dead center of the snowfields
so nvm that is 8

and glades
the one of the skiers left side of haulback
the one at the bottom of misery whip

 

[loafer89]

It's been 16 years since my first visit, but I am missing:

Back-Cut
W Mountain X-Cut
L. Sheer Boom
Swedish Fiddle Glade
Kick Back Glade
Stump Shot Glade
Blade Glade
Fred's Pitch Glade
Cant Dog Glade
L. Stubs


Skied 100% of the snowfields, but I have not been on the backside since the gondola was still there.

 

[NHpowderhound]

Taco Land!
Dont look for it on the trail map though!
((*
*))NHPH

 

[awf170]

I think that we could have another thread about trails that you have only skied once but would like to try again. I know that I have bucket loads of those trails.

Regarding Stowe, I just could never get myself to like the place, but skiing the front four again sounds entertaining.

so loafer you makin that thread, sounds like a good idea to me.... want me to do it?

 

[snowsprite]

It's embarrassing to admit, but I'm afriad to ski Devil's Fiddle at Killington. I really want to ski it though. Even my kid skis it. :roll:

I also like trees, but I just started tree skiing last season. So I doubt I will go into Devil's Den or Julio soon, as much as I'd like to.

I was reading all the posts about Ovation. I have skiied lower O but not the headwall. While the headwall is very steep I have pondered giving it a whirl on several occasions. The reason being, it's so short. I think if I fell I'd only do like 3 tumbles before laying on the path. My fear is hitting a skier riding by, so that has stopped me too. Not to mention that I'm basically too chicken to do it!

Sprite

 

[pizza]

It's embarrassing to admit, but I'm afriad to ski Devil's Fiddle at Killington. I really want to ski it though. Even my kid skis it. :roll:

Me too! I'm such a chickenshit..
Except for the bit about the kid skiing the Fiddle - Rufus isn't old enough to ski DF yet.

 

[skibum1321]

Notes taken for future use. Back to the thread at hand. I would like go to stowe and do the front 4. I have lived a sheltered life.

The Front 4 are overrated. It really is the Front 2 at this point since Goat and Starr are the only ones that offer any challenge. National and Liftline are so wide that they really aren't all that tough. Not to mention that Upper National didn't open until late March or April last year. The most challenging part of Starr is the first section because it is almost always bulletproof ice. Goat is tough but yet again I don't think it's all it's cracked up to be. Rumble is way tougher. The overlooked trail here is Lookout, which is sometimes called the fifth member of the Front Four - it's tougher than Liftline and National and usually has decent snow quality if it's deep enough.

 

[awf170]

Notes taken for future use. Back to the thread at hand. I would like go to stowe and do the front 4. I have lived a sheltered life.

The Front 4 are overrated. It really is the Front 2 at this point since Goat and Starr are the only ones that offer any challenge. National and Liftline are so wide that they really aren't all that tough. Not to mention that Upper National didn't open until late March or April last year. The most challenging part of Starr is the first section because it is almost always bulletproof ice. Goat is tough but yet again I don't think it's all it's cracked up to be. Rumble is way tougher. The overlooked trail here is Lookout, which is sometimes called the fifth member of the Front Four - it's tougher than Liftline and National and usually has decent snow quality if it's deep enough.

i agree with everything you said there... now the only reason i would like to go back to stowe is to ski the goat woods area, and other unmarked stuff. Oh ya i thought hackets highway or something like that was really cool

 

[skibum1321]

The Goat woods are alot of fun. There's a nice little chute at the top part of it and then they open up nicely - unfortunately I don't have a pic of them since I skied them alone (I know I shouldn't ski woods alone but they're just so tempting when you're there alone)

 

[Greg]

To do list:

Rumble - Sugarbush/Castlerock
Paradise - MRG
Sheer Boom - 'Loaf
Backside - 'Loaf
West Way - Hunter
Front Four - Stowe
Ovation - Killington
DF - Killington

 

[JimG.]

Notes taken for future use. Back to the thread at hand. I would like go to stowe and do the front 4. I have lived a sheltered life.

The Front 4 are overrated. It really is the Front 2 at this point since Goat and Starr are the only ones that offer any challenge. National and Liftline are so wide that they really aren't all that tough. Not to mention that Upper National didn't open until late March or April last year. The most challenging part of Starr is the first section because it is almost always bulletproof ice. Goat is tough but yet again I don't think it's all it's cracked up to be. Rumble is way tougher. The overlooked trail here is Lookout, which is sometimes called the fifth member of the Front Four - it's tougher than Liftline and National and usually has decent snow quality if it's deep enough.

Is Lookout the trail to skier's right of Starr? There's a lift (a double I think) going up it? Last time I was there that run was good quality natural snow, a little thin in places and boot top deep in others. It was surprizingly steep in places too.

 

[JimG.]

The Goat woods are alot of fun. There's a nice little chute at the top part of it and then they open up nicely - unfortunately I don't have a pic of them since I skied them alone (I know I shouldn't ski woods alone but they're just so tempting when you're there alone)

Goat woods rock! Some trees off Nosedive Bypass and Nosedive that are sweet too. The Riverbed is a classic.

 

[awf170]

The Goat woods are alot of fun. There's a nice little chute at the top part of it and then they open up nicely - unfortunately I don't have a pic of them since I skied them alone (I know I shouldn't ski woods alone but they're just so tempting when you're there alone)

i always ski stuff like that alone even though i know i shouldnt...
the dumbest so far has been thompson creek by myself :dunce:

 

[loafer89]

There is nothing to be afraid of with skiing Devil's Fiddle. The headwall is steep, but much less so on skiers left.

The only down side is that once you are on it there is no bailing out until you get to the bottom. I skied it in April and the bumps were HUGE and I fell several times, but still had fun

Cascade Headwall, Double Dipper and Ovation are more frightening to me, more because they are usually a skating rink, while Devil's Fiddle faces south.

Just take your time getting down any steep trail, choose your path carefully, and you will be just fine.