Wildcat Vertical Challenge

[Edd]

I'm having trouble visualizing how the poor guy shot down the Tomcat lift line off of Middle Lynx. He must have been wickedly out of control. I'll have to eyeball that when I go next time.

 

[yeggous]

People ski this event very, very fast. I topped out at 68 mph, but I was talking to people who were getting up well into the 70s. Nobody was turning. Imagine 40 people hammering away on Lynx as fast they can possibly ski. The S-turns were the trickiest. The surface was good but rutted up by guys laying down serious trenches.

The latest news is that the guy died. Really tragic.

http://www.necn.com/news/new-englan...ting-in-Make-A-Wish-Fundraiser-295641761.html

 

[yeggous]

I'm having trouble visualizing how the poor guy shot down the Tomcat lift line off of Middle Lynx. He must have been wickedly out of control. I'll have to eyeball that when I go next time.

It was the bottom of the Tomcat lift line off of the very bottom of Polecat. The fact that his ski was still in trail suggests that either he caught an edge in one of the ruts, or his binding released while making the turn at high speeds.

 

[deadheadskier]

The spot where the lift crosses over can get pretty slick and it's also decently pitched and also has the chair tower to negotiate. It's a bit of a right hand turn before it cuts back to the left. That's where the cut off is to head towards Cougar and Catenary.

 

[deadheadskier]

It was the bottom of the Tomcat lift line off of the very bottom of Polecat. The fact that his ski was still in trail suggests that either he caught an edge in one of the ruts, or his binding released while making the turn at high speeds.

wow, definitely not where I was expecting this tragedy to happen. terrible news on the death.

 

[yeggous]

The spot where the lift crosses over can get pretty slick and it's also decently pitched and also has the chair tower to negotiate. It's a bit of a right hand turn before it cuts back to the left. That's where the cut off is to head towards Cougar and Catenary.

That can get bad, but not today. Everyone was bombing that section and not turning.


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[Edd]

wow, definitely not where I was expecting this tragedy to happen. terrible news on the death.

Yeah, I wasn't thinking that at all.

 

[Puck it]

Where is there a 60' cliff? As in the report.

 

[yeggous]

There is not. I would not call it a cliff. It is certainly a drop, but it is skiiable.

Here is a view of the exact drop looking up from below:.

 

[Puck it]

There is not. I would not call it a cliff. It is certainly a drop, but it is skiiable.

Here is a view of the exact drop looking up from below:.

I was being a little sarcastic.

 

[thetrailboss]

There is not. I would not call it a cliff. It is certainly a drop, but it is skiiable.

Here is a view of the exact drop looking up from below:.

I'm having a hard time seeing a 60' drop in that image.

 

[Abubob]

Where is there a 60' cliff? As in the report.

There is not. I would not call it a cliff. It is certainly a drop, but it is skiiable.

Here is a view of the exact drop looking up from below:.

I'm having a hard time seeing a 60' drop in that image.

Someone here at work said a skier fell and dropped over a 60' "cliff". The article definitely says "drop". Was there another report that said "cliff"?

 

[deadheadskier]

I'm having a hard time seeing a 60' drop in that image.

He probably ended up 60 feet below trail level and this is just a case where pedestrian speak differs from skiers speak.

That shot is typically roped due to all the rocks, but people ski it all the time.

 

[Highway Star]

I'm having trouble visualizing how the poor guy shot down the Tomcat lift line off of Middle Lynx. He must have been wickedly out of control. I'll have to eyeball that when I go next time.

Not the spot, but this spot looks pretty dangerous (looking up). Could easily hook an edge and send you trajectory off by about 15-20 degrees, sending you off the drop off.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Wild...UlMB9GRlcSMrJP_8CCqToA&cbp=11,166.88,,0,-22.5

This appears to be the spot:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Wild...b4TXa_DRlGVS-rpqzFqQ&cbp=12,95.4,,0,9.99&z=18

 

[yeggous]

It's possible that he never even made the jughandle onto Polecat.


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[powbmps]

From the story on WMUR "when he lost control near the bottom of the 5 Corners trail. After falling, he tumbled down the trail and then fell over a 60-foot drop." It is a bit misleading. Sucks however it happened.

 

[MadMadWorld]

I thought there was a catch net there or am I thinking of somewhere else....

Nevermind I know where this is

 

[Mapnut]

Maybe at the left edge of this view, jus past the lift tower? That looks like a drop. https://www.google.com/maps/@44.263...1!3m3!1sGRmhgB4ELbsAAAGun_0CfA!2e0!3e11?hl=en

 

[St. Bear]

From the story on WMUR "when he lost control near the bottom of the 5 Corners trail. After falling, he tumbled down the trail and then fell over a 60-foot drop." It is a bit misleading. Sucks however it happened.

There's no trail at Wildcat called "5 Corners".

 

[MadMadWorld]

Not the spot, but this spot looks pretty dangerous (looking up). Could easily hook an edge and send you trajectory off by about 15-20 degrees, sending you off the drop off.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Wild...UlMB9GRlcSMrJP_8CCqToA&cbp=11,166.88,,0,-22.5

This is the only spot where Middle Lynx crosses under the Tomcat lift so it has to be the spot. It would make sense though. The lift towers become part of the Lynx trail for a few hundred feet. People can generate a ton of speed in this area. I've seen people fall hard in this spot before.