Who Has The Best WROD?

[highpeaksdrifter]

In keeping with the early season thread theme, what ski area offers the best early open run? I’ll make the case for Whiteface. Excelsior to Upper Valley to Lower Valley is 2500 feet of vert off of the summit of Little Whiteface.

 

[drjeff]

Aren't "best" and WROD a bit mutually exclusive??? Atleast in my book, if your talking WROD I'd be thinking of adjectives like "worst" "scariest" "most psychotic" "biggest cluster f$%k" etc

 

[RootDKJ]

I'll vote Blue Mountain for the worst. Softball and grapefruit sized death cookies are no fun.

 

[Puck it]

Loveland. Since it is in September or early October.

 

[deadheadskier]

Okemo at least used to offer the best early mountain skiing. They were never first, but when they turned it on, they would turn it on and would offer more terrain and better conditions than Killington or anywhere else in VT for about 3 weeks. Sunday River has had some impressive starts that I've experienced in the past few years that I've been in the area, but not as good as my memories of Okemo in the 90's.

As for the actual trail, while I haven't skied it; offering 2500 vert is tough to beat, I'll give you that HPD

 

[Geoff]

I've skied Loveland in October. It's a really flat and boring wrap-around trail. They have very limited snowmaking capacity so they don't expand terrain quickly. It takes them 3 weeks to blow the acres a Killington or Sunday River do in 48 hours.

I hope to check out A-Basin's October skiing this year. Hopefully, that is a little better than Loveland.

 

[WWF-VT]

Aren't "best" and WROD a bit mutually exclusive??? Atleast in my book, if your talking WROD I'd be thinking of adjectives like "worst" "scariest" "most psychotic" "biggest cluster f$%k" etc

+1

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Okemo is a good choice and it seems to be more slower skiers and families..

 

[Greg]

I really don't like the Killington WROD all that much. The Glades area is okay for early season, but getting over to Snowdon via Great Northern just blows. I like HBK perhaps with an Ike option at Hunter better.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Aren't "best" and WROD a bit mutually exclusive??? Atleast in my book, if your talking WROD I'd be thinking of adjectives like "worst" "scariest" "most psychotic" "biggest cluster f$%k" etc

+2 - Good point. So who has the best first trail to open. That long white ribbon when everything around it is brown.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

I really don't like the Killington WROD all that much. The Glades area is okay for early season, but getting over to Snowdon via Great Northern just blows. I like HBK perhaps with an Ike option at Hunter better.

+1 - Hunter has a good one.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

I'll vote Blue Mountain for the worst. Softball and grapefruit sized death cookies are no fun.

How come? From reading here I was under the impression that Blue had very good snowmaking and grooming.

 

[gorgonzola]

How come? From reading here I was under the impression that Blue had very good snowmaking and grooming.

mediocre+ at best. last year opening, although early, was downright horrible as root says. Way too much moisture - I don't know if there was a problem or they just wanted to make as much long lasting base crap as possible

 

[wa-loaf]

Wachusett will usually open with 2-3 WRODs so you get a few options I guess. And grooming is good ... shrug.

 

[Vortex]

Usually the 1st and last ones open. Get out early and leave early. Early open T2 at the River. Late to close Hayburner at the Loaf.

 

[RootDKJ]

How come? From reading here I was under the impression that Blue had very good snowmaking and grooming.

Don't know the science behind it, but their opening day WROD sucked. Come to think of it...it did get better after two weeks or so.

This just shot my stoke level up...so my apologies in advance if the same happens to you

 

[jarrodski]

white run of death?

 

[Vortex]

white run of death?

Ribbon.

 

[millerm277]

Another vote for HBK at Hunter as well. And the way Ike often makes it in for opening day, is nice.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

How come? From reading here I was under the impression that Blue had very good snowmaking and grooming.

Last season on opening day it was huge gi-normous death cookies....Blue has good snowmaking but their grooming often sucks..they don't make enough passes and their groomers move to fast so there are often death cookies..