Whiteface - Slides - 4/20/07

[highpeaksdrifter]

Whiteface - Slides - 4/20-21/07

I've been skiing a long, long time and I may have skied a better spring day, but I can't remember one. This is a photo tribute to The Slides at Whiteface.

http://forums.skiadk.com/modules.ph...lery&file=index&include=view_album.php&page=1

 

[snoseek]

omg! that looks amazing!

 

[wa-loaf]

Nice! Like the snowfields on steroids!

 

[Warp Daddy]

Great shots !!!

 

[kcyanks1]

Very nice Thanks!

I actually last minute last night (around 8pm) got a call from someone willing to go skiing. By 9pm we had rented a car and were on the road, and we arrived at Killington at 2am. Since we were only getting 1 day in and coming back to NYC tonight, it was one of those circumstances where the drive to Killington was enough. It only hit me today though that I could've done Whiteface in the same time and possibly had the Slides. I wonder if they were open today? Though the person I was with probably wouldn't have been up for it, so we probably made the best choice for both of us. And I had a lot of fun, so no regrets, though I would love another shot at The Slides (skied them in 2001 once). I'll post a trip report, hopefully tomorrow.

 

[2knees]

damn those look like fun.

nice photos hpd.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Very nice . I wonder if they were open today? .

They where open on Sat. The last 8 pics or so I took Sat. and added them to the album.

It was so warm that we lost alot of snow from Fri to Sat and there was alot more rock exposure, but they where still very good. Water was actually flowing down Slide one over the waterfall, but you could still ski through it because there was enough slushy snow below it, a very unique experience.

I was told the Slides would not be open Sunday.

 

[kcyanks1]

They where open on Sat. The last 8 pics or so I took Sat. and added them to the album.

It was so warm that we lost alot of snow from Fri to Sat and there was alot more rock exposure, but they where still very good. Water was actually flowing down Slide one over the waterfall, but you could still ski through it because there was enough slushy snow below it, a very unique experience.

I was told the Slides would not be open Sunday.

Well glad you got a run(s) on them.. I guess I'll have to wait until next season for my next adventure (or, since winter 2006-2007 is going strong, maybe the May Day blizzard will re-open them ). No surprise to here that rocks are starting to show and that there was running water. Killington did have a lot of snow, but there were plenty of bare spots and rocks as well. No running water on the trails, but plenty around the mountain.

 

[tjf67]

One of the best weekend I can remember. Friday the snow stick said 69 inches going into the slides. I forgot to check on Sat. but it was going quick. All in all I got 17 runs down the slides this year.

They close them at 2. after that anything on the mountain seems tame. I was tucking M.R. for giggles Friday.

 

[kcyanks1]

One of the best weekend I can remember. Friday the snow stick said 69 inches going into the slides. I forgot to check on Sat. but it was going quick. All in all I got 17 runs down the slides this year.

They close them at 2. after that anything on the mountain seems tame. I was tucking M.R. for giggles Friday.

Snow is melting very fast. Stake at Mansfield has dropped from 97" to 84" over the past couple days, I believe. Any way we can get one more late season blizzard, push it over 100" for the start of May?

 

[SkiDog]

I've been skiing a long, long time and I may have skied a better spring day, but I can't remember one. This is a photo tribute to The Slides at Whiteface.

http://forums.skiadk.com/modules.ph...lery&file=index&include=view_album.php&page=1

Hmmm for some reason I thought they were steeper??? Looks nice though...corn harvest..

M

 

[kcyanks1]

Hmmm for some reason I thought they were steeper??? Looks nice though...corn harvest..

M

Those pictures don't show the steepness well, IMO. They are steeper than they look in those pics.

 

[Greg]

Pitch is never easily captured in a 2D image...

 

[kcyanks1]

Pitch is never easily captured in a 2D image...

Nope. I hated the fact that my pictures from Killington from Sat. don't show the steepness of the Canyon trails well, and those don't compare to the Slides in pitch. I don't really think of it as a legit double-black area, yet Escapade, Cascade, Downdraft, and Double Dipper, and at one time Eastfall, all have double black ratings. On the other hand, my pic of Royal Flush from an angle makes it look crazy steep.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Hmmm for some reason I thought they were steeper??? Looks nice though...corn harvest..

M

This one shows the steepness pretty good, but as Greg and others pointed out 2D losses alot of depth. They are around 50 degrees in spots.

This is a pretty good shot, the Slides are on the right. They look steep here.

http://sports.webshots.com/photo/1078149451047572705HIlnNF

 

[kcyanks1]

I doubt they are 50 degrees. At least I don't think Slide 1 is close (the only one I've skieed). 50 degrees is very steep. 45 degrees is very steep. Most of the steeper in bounds trails in the east don't even crack 40 degrees. I still don't think that first picture does them justice, though. And the second pic makes them look way too steep, because Cloudspin and Skyward look super steep in that picture and they really aren't.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

I doubt they are 50 degrees. At least I don't think Slide 1 is close (the only one I've skieed). 50 degrees is very steep. 45 degrees is very steep. Most of the steeper in bounds trails in the east don't even crack 40 degrees. I still don't think that first picture does them justice, though. And the second pic makes them look way too steep, because Cloudspin and Skyward look super steep in that picture and they really aren't.

Well theirs just no pleasing you then.

 

[kcyanks1]

Well theirs just no pleasing you then.

Ha. Not your fault. I loved the pics. And to be honest, why wouldn't I want a pic that makes the trails look way harder than they are when I'm bragging to my friends and family about what I skied? ;-)

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

Wow - awesome pictures! It looks like a mini, inbounds, lift served tuckermans. Are the Slides usually like that in spring on an average snow year or is that expectionally good due the to April snow? Someday Ill hit it, but it's a long way from Boston.

 

[Greg]

This one shows the steepness pretty good, but as Greg and others pointed out 2D losses alot of depth. They are around 50 degrees in spots.

This does look damn steep. It's weird. Sometimes I get pics that really demonstrate steep pitch pretty well. Other times, not so much. I think when looking up a steep pitch while still on it, it's important to capture some of the immediate foreground in the pic, which I think you've done pretty well, HPD.